complementary

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
adjective of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
adjective acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

From complement + -ary. Piecewise doublet of complimentary.

This is complementary to the first three verses of par. — Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
TENSION and ELASTICITY are two forces, mutually complementary, which life brings into play. — Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic, Henri Bergson
Now we must show that intelligence and instinct also are opposite and complementary. — Creative Evolution, Bergson, Henri

complementary color

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