Just for anyone that doesn't know what complementary colors are, they're opposite colors on the color wheel. So you have your primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and your secondary colors (orange, green, purple). Each secondary color is made of two colors (yellow and blue make green) and the color not used is the complement of the secondary colors produced by the other two primaries.
yellow + blue = green (red is the complementary color of green)
yellow + red = orange (blue is the complementary color of orange)
blue + red = purple (yellow is the complementary color of purple)
When you put complementary colors side by side, they offset each other and they seem to grow brighter. When you mix them together they make gray or brown.
That is some wonderful insight, MindsTheater. I think you're right on.
Just for anyone that doesn't know what complementary colors are, they're opposite colors on the color wheel. So you have your primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and your secondary colors (orange, green, purple). Each secondary color is made of two colors (yellow and blue make green) and the color not used is the complement of the secondary colors produced by the other two primaries.
yellow + blue = green (red is the complementary color of green) yellow + red = orange (blue is the complementary color of orange) blue + red = purple (yellow is the complementary color of purple)
When you put complementary colors side by side, they offset each other and they seem to grow brighter. When you mix them together they make gray or brown.
That is some wonderful insight, MindsTheater. I think you're right on.