## Meanings
1. Combining well with something else to make a complete or better whole.
2. Describing colours that look striking and balanced when placed together.

## Examples
- The wine and the cheese have wonderfully complementary flavours.
- Blue and orange are complementary colours.

## Derived Forms
- color
- complementariness
- intercomplementary

## Related Forms
- complemental

## Etymology
From complement + -ary. Piecewise doublet of complimentary.

## AI Etymology
Complementary is from complement + -ary. Piecewise doublet of complimentary. In present-day use, it can mean combining well with something else to make a complete or better whole, or describing colours that look striking and balanced when placed together. Derived formations include color, complementariness, and intercomplementary.

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