spectral color vs complementary color

complementary color vs spectral color

spectral color and complementary color both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spectral color	Yes	No	No	No
complementary color	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, complementary color is a hyponym of spectral color; that is, complementary color is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than spectral color:

spectral color: a color that has hue
complementary color: either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)

Other hyponyms of spectral color include red, redness, orange, orangeness, salmon, yellow, yellowness, blond, blonde, green, greenness, viridity, blue, blueness, purple, purpleness, pink, brown, brownness, olive, pastel, complementary.

spectral color (noun)	complementary color (noun)
a color that has hue	either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)

Difference between spectral color and complementary color

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