{"id":2684,"date":"2016-07-02T07:09:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T07:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2025-05-09T08:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T06:06:22","slug":"complementary-colours-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/2016\/07\/02\/complementary-colours-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposites &#8211; Complementary Colours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.wordpress.com\/photo-challenges\/opposites\/\">Today\u2019s theme is &#8220;opposites&#8221;<\/a>, complementary colours. I chose to interpret this topic in my own way. Often, opposites are complementary. As with complementary colours. Complementary colours are made of opposite colours in the spectrum: violet and yellow. Green and red (as in the above picture of a poppy in the Somme, where we celebrated the centenary of the Battle. The Somme is also the place where half of my family comes from). Orange and blue. The picture on the right tells all.<\/p>\n<h2>Opposites &#8211; Complementary Colours<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18326\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27277528543_233b554388_k-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18326\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/2016\/07\/02\/complementary-colours-2\/27277528543_233b554388_k-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27277528543_233b554388_k-1.webp?fit=1920%2C1272&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1272\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Yann A GOURVENNEC&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;cc 2011&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"27277528543_233b554388_k\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27277528543_233b554388_k-1.webp?fit=1000%2C663&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-18326 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27277528543_233b554388_k-1.jpg?resize=1000%2C663&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Complementary Colours\" width=\"1000\" height=\"663\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opposite Colours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Often, what we think are opposites aren\u2019t really contradictory. When we assemble them, they tend to mean something different. They do enhance each other.<\/p>\n<p>To an extent, it is similar with people. And ethnical groups. And cultures. And creeds.<\/p>\n<p>Go tell that to Nigel Farage (who by the way and very ironically, has a French name [pronounced Fa\/eraaaa\u2019g\u2019e] because he is probably of French Huguenot descent) and see how he feels. Bloody French!<\/p>\n<p>Last week was bad news for Europe. And Britain. But it doesn\u2019t matter. Love is stronger than hatred. Opposites get well together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18329\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/26693354164_32ff88bb5c_k.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18329\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/2016\/07\/02\/complementary-colours-2\/26693354164_32ff88bb5c_k\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/26693354164_32ff88bb5c_k.jpg?fit=2048%2C1355&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1355\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Yann A GOURVENNEC&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;cc 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in Cheverny (Loire Valley).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18332\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/26558159944_e6335e3bec_k.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18332\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/2016\/07\/02\/complementary-colours-2\/26558159944_e6335e3bec_k\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/26558159944_e6335e3bec_k.jpg?fit=2048%2C1367&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1367\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Yann Gourvennec @ygourven&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright (c) 2015 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1024px) 85vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Violet and yellow opposite colours with this mural on a derelict bunker leftover from WWII in Le Havre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/designwashere.com\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/ComplimentaryColors\/color-wheel.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" title=\"NewImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/newimage.png?resize=260%2C261\" alt=\"complementary colours\" width=\"260\" height=\"261\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s theme is &#8220;opposites&#8221;, complementary colours. I chose to interpret this topic in my own way. Often, opposites are complementary. As with complementary colours. Complementary colours are made of opposite colours in the spectrum: violet and yellow. Green and red (as in the above picture of a poppy in the Somme, where we celebrated the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60439,"featured_media":14584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[436],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Complementary colours or opposite colours?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today\u2019s theme is &quot;opposites&quot;, complementary colours. 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