OK, being the accountant I am, I need to have a more objective way of defining good color combinations. I know that white and black are considered "opposites" with RGB values of 255/255/255 and 0/0/0, respectively. Does it then follow that any two colors whose respective RGB values total to 255 would be considered "opposites" and, therefore have high contrast?

I need to be able to express and define color combinations in a language I can understand -- numbers. I get frustrated when I find a good color visually, but don't know which ones best complement it.

Are there any hard-and-fast rules that can be observed? Am I making any sense?

.joroho.

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