complementary color
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complementary color
Technical term in color theory and optics. Refers to the color that, when mixed with a given color in the correct proportions, produces white light (in additive color mixing) or neutral gray/black (in subtractive color mixing). Also refers to the afterimage color perceived when staring at a color and then looking away.
Hóng红
sè色
de的
yú余
sè色
shì是
qīng青
sè色
。
The complementary color of red is cyan.
Zài在
sè色
cǎi彩
xué学
zhōng中
，
liǎng两
zhǒng种
hù互
wéi为
yú余
sè色
de的
guāng光
dié叠
jiā加
huì会
chǎn产
shēng生
bái白
sè色
。
In color theory, mixing two lights of complementary colors produces white.
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Cháng长
shí时
jiān间
dīng盯
zhe着
zhè这
kuài块
hóng红
sè色
de的
zhǐ纸
kàn看
，
rán然
hòu后
kàn看
bái白
qiáng墙
，
nǐ你
huì会
kàn看
dào到
lǜ绿
sè色
de的
yú余
sè色
。
Stare at this red paper for a long time, then look at a white wall, and you will see green as the afterimage.