Complementary Colors

Magenta + Green

= White

Cyan + Red

= White

Yellow + Blue

= White

When two colors are added together to produce white, the y are called complementary colors. For example, we see that yellow and blue are complementary because yellow, after all, is the com- bination of red and green. And red, green, and blue light together appear white. By similar reasoning we see that magenta and green are complementary colors, as are cyan and red. Every color has some complementary color that when added to it will produce white.