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com·ple·men·ta·ry col·ors

pairs of different colors of light that produce white light when combined.
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Striped patterns cause confusion and optical effects." Once a key colour has been chosen it's not always necessary to use a paint or fabric to provide a complementary colour effect.
These Ageratums can be interplanted between other plants like Antirrinums or Pelargoniums to give shades or complementary colour to the scheme.
NEW LOOK: IF you are looking for a complementary colour scheme, why not try various shades of the same tone such as lilac and lavender or even similar colours such as lilac and blue.
To add heat to blue combine it with its complementary colour orange, along with yellows, reds and terracottas these combinations will prevent blue from turning icy.
It can be highly stimulating, especially if combined with black or grey, white or with its complementary colour, blue.
Another possibility is that green is the complementary colour of red (blood).
The tension is heightened by articulating the entry as a separate element through scale and use of a complementary colour, green to the building's red.
To request a complementary colour Beatrix Potter brochure telephone The Journal Reader Travel Department on (0191) 201-6000 or email retail.zone@ncjmedia.co.uk.
To create a relaxing environment, add splashes of a complementary colour to relieve a single-colour scheme.
The kitchen itself is a small room and the fitted units are in medium oak so would like to choose a complementary colour.
If you have large pots to fill mix with perennials in a complementary colour.
Throughout the showhome soft blues and sea greens feature predominantly, offset by gentle creams and dark contrasting furniture as part of a complementary colour palette.
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