How do you find the complement? - Answers

The term 'complement' describes something, or things, which go well with another thing, or things; which completes an effect, or brings to perfection one or more things which alone might not be as effective.For example: The tulips are lovely, and the crystal vase complements them perfectly; it really completes the picture.A complement can also mean something or things which complete a set. For example: he'd been waiting for years to find the last two books in the set; now he's located them he has the full complement.A complement also refers to the full crew required to run, for example, a ship: The ship can sail now the full complementis aboard.In grammar, a complement is used to predicate a construction, for example, in He loves to go sailing, 'to go sailing' is the complement.A complementary color can be either one of two colors which can be mixed to produce white (as light) or gray (as a pigment), or a color which possesses the greatest chromatic contrast to another, for example red-green. A color wheel situates complementary colors directly opposite.The term 'complement' also has separate, specialized meanings in logic, geometry, maths, music, and science.