spectral colour vs complementary

complementary vs spectral colour

spectral colour and complementary both are nouns.

spectral colour is not an adjective while complementary is an adjective.

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

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

spectral colour: a color that has hue
complementary: 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 colour include red, redness, orange, orangeness, salmon, yellow, yellowness, blond, blonde, green, greenness, viridity, blue, blueness, purple, purpleness, pink, brown, brownness, olive, pastel, complementary color.

spectral colour (noun)	complementary (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)

spectral colour (adjective)	complementary (adjective)
	acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
	of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other

Difference between spectral colour and complementary

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