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Duality doesn't apply to situations where there is a spectrum inbetween.
The reason duality is so important is because at the most basic level, things only exist in contrast to other things. It's not the conventional idea of opposites.
For instance, light only exists in contrast to the absence of light (darkness...). If there was no absense of light then there would be no way to know that there was light. It's defined only by its contrast with darkness.
The same can be said about existence vs. non-existence, emotion vs. lack of emotion, thing vs. nothing. If the negative concepts didn't exist, neither would the positive concepts.
But as for the tricky opposites, you have to remember that it isn't a matter of true opposites. It's not love vs. hate. It's love vs. the absence of love. Passion vs. the absense of passion. Door vs. the absense of a door. Brown vs. the absense of brown.
It's entirely possible that everything in existence and non-existence is in a state of "torofkik". But as there is no absence of torofkik the concept never enters into our mind. We have absolutely no reason to think about it, because it's a true constant. Just as if there was a universe where there was no death, the people would not have the concept of death in their vocabulary.
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