Usually means: Hues opposite on color wheel.
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  1. complementary colour: Collins English Dictionary
  2. complementary colour: Wiktionary
  3. Complementary colour: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Complementary colour: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (complementary colour)

noun:  (British spelling, colour science) Either of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.
noun:  (art) A colour which is regarded as the opposite of another, so that the two colours together form a pleasing contrast.

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