Logo layer coloured by the opposite of each of two coloured solids/layers

Firstly, apoligies as I am new to After Effects.
I am trying to have a top layer (a logo) over two different coloured solid layers to be the colour of the other solid -
e.g. if the solids were blue and pink then the logo would be pink when on the blue and vice versa.
Thanks

nut films wrote:
I need it to be dynamic across the whole logo, so the whole logo would be the other colour (pink) when on the other colour (blue) and vice versa.
It would have been good to know that sooner. In that case, make a solid and duplicate it. Each horizontally so the right edge of one is adjacent to the left edge of the other. Position both to match the vertical split in the background.
Use the solids as track mattes for the logo layers. If the logo itself moves, you're done. If the background moves, you'll have to parent the solids to the background.
For further information on track mattes & parenting, go to AE's online help and enter the appropriate search term.

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