2006-10-10 05:46:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Complementary colors are colors that are on opposite ends of the color wheel. In painting and drawing, the main complementary color pairs are red/green, blue/orange, and yellow/violet. When it comes to the color of light, as in when you are color balancing in color photography, the complementary colors are different - red/cyan, green/magenta, and blue/yellow.
When complementary colors are mixed, they create a neutral grey or brown. To "grey out" a color, one would mix a small amount of a color's complement in, and the color is dulled significantly.
When complementary colors are used together in a piece of art, the effect is vibrant and generally aesthetically pleasing.
I could expound forever on color theory, but it's something that one can take years to fully understand. I have a B.F.A. and I'm nowhere near a master of color theory - I still learn new things with every work of art I create.
2006-10-10 05:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by FutilityMistress 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Complimentary colors are colors that are across from each other on the color wheel.
Yellow- Violet
Purple- Yellow Green
Red- Green
Red Organge- Blue Green
Orange- Blue
Yellow Orange- Blue Violet
2006-10-10 06:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by laurel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
complimentary colours are the colors directly across from each other on the colour wheel; orange and blue, red and green, and blue and yellow.
2006-10-10 05:56:04 · answer #3 · answered by poppet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
complimentary colors are the colors you get for free at a promotion.
Complementary colors are the colors which if you mix result in a shade of grey (white on the computer screen, additive color mixing, black or gray on your palette, subtractive color mixing). See wikipedia link provided for more detail.
Complementary colors are called like that because they complement each other (you can get the complementary color to one of the three primary colors by mixing the other two primary colors)
2006-10-10 06:02:49 · answer #4 · answered by convictedidiot 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
colours---being of many shades.....as paul was able to become a roman for the romans ,and a gentile for the gentileles... as christ is able to reach throughout the ends of the earth...complimentary colours would be all these different ways put together in one pot ......showing a beautiful rainbow.....known to have gold at its end........
2006-10-10 05:52:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-02-13 16:45:06 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PINK! sorry but do u mean complimentary as in what looks good on people..no..then sorry
2006-10-10 05:53:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
'contrasting colours' lay opposite eachother on the wheel = red-green, yellow-purple,blue-orange.
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2006-10-10 06:04:10 · answer #8 · answered by Contrary Mary 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are any colours that are opposites on a colour wheel.
2006-10-10 08:37:31 · answer #9 · answered by bobbi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red - Green
Blue - Orange
Yellow - Purple
2006-10-10 05:53:23 · answer #10 · answered by mark leshark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋