Contradictory Pairs

When Aristotle first spoke of contradictions in his book, he broke them down into two categories: simple and complex oppositions. These oppositions were defined as things that do not influence or define one another. They are apparently so extreme that they do not intertwine at any given point. Although such relationships are prevalent, I do not believe this definition work for all contradictory pairs.
When we speak of the oppositional colors black and white, there is no doubt that these colors are opposite. While the absence of color observed in white still manages to elude brightness, the darkness of black conceals it. These colors are as opposite in sight as they are in definition. When mixed with another color, black and white cannot produce one another. Consequently, the only similarity that they share is their categorization as colors.
The contradictory pair educated and uneducated have a slightly different relationship. While the people who fall within these categories share a knowledge gap within a specific domain, it is easier for them to move between categories. For example, a person who never studied French can become more familiar with the language after taking an introductory French course. Although this person may not be proficient in the language after completing this course, their limited education has granted them some knowledge on the subject. Therefore, this once uneducated person has moved closer to becoming educated.
This transition can also be observed in educated people who gradually lose their knowledge of a specific domain. Many factors can cause this, but a lost of knowledge still renders an uneducated mind. Such a relationship may be difficult to predict in the oppositional colors since their mixture with other colors do not necessarily mean that they come closer to resembling their opposite.