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The degree to which primary colours will give pure secondary colours. For example, French Ultramarine has a narrow chromatic tolerance as it will make a pure purple but not a pure, bright green, whereas phtalocyanine blue has a wide chromatic tolerance making both bright purples and greens.

Glossary

See Bias.

Glossary

Colours that are diametrically opposed in the colour wheel. Red and green, blue and orange, and yellow and violet are complementary colours.

When complementary colours are placed together they make each other look more vibrant, but when mixed together they create soft neutrals.

See also split complementaries.

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