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补色

Word · NounTraditional補色

complementary color

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Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

noun

complementary color

technical

A physics and color theory term. The complementary color of red is cyan, of green is magenta, and of blue is yellow. Also called 余色.

Zài在
sè色
lún轮
shang上
 ,
hóng红
sè色
hé和
lǜ绿
sè色
shì是
hù互
bǔ补
sè色
 。

On the color wheel, red and green are complementary colors.

Shè设
jì计
shī师
cháng常
lì利
yòng用
bǔ补
sè色
duì对
bǐ比
lái来
xī吸
yǐn引
yǎn眼
qiú球
 。

Designers often use complementary color contrast to attract attention.

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Nǐ你
zhī知
dào道
lán蓝
sè色
de的
bǔ补
sè色
shì是
shén什
me么
ma吗
 ?

Do you know what the complementary color of blue is?

Zhè这
liǎng两
zhǒng种
yán颜
liào料
hùn混
hé合
chéng成
le了
huī灰
sè色
 ,
shuō说
míng明
tā它
men们
kě可
néng能
hù互
wéi为
bǔ补
sè色
 。

These two pigments mixed into gray, indicating they might be complementary colors.

Yú余
sè色
shì是
bǔ补
sè色
de的
lìng另
yī一
zhǒng种
shuō说
fǎ法
 。

余色 is another term for complementary color.