What are the complementary colors to green?
In color theory, the complementary colors to green include green’s direct complementary color, as well as the colors in its split complementary and double complementary (tetradic) schemes.
The complementary color to green (direct opposite on the wheel) is:
- Red (using a traditional artist/RYB wheel)
- Magenta (using a RGB/screen-based wheel like QuillBot’s free online color wheel tool)
The split complementary colors to green (two neighbors of the
complement) are:
- Red-orange and red-violet if the complement is red on your wheel
- Pink/red-magenta and violet/purple-magenta if the complement is magenta on your wheel
You get the double complementary (tetradic) colors to green by:
- Picking a second hue next to green on the wheel (like yellow-green or blue-green)
- Then finding the complements of both (e.g., the complements of green and blue-green are red and red-orange—or the equivalents on your wheel)
Related article: How to Find Complementary Colors on a Color Wheel
Technically speaking, complementary colors aren’t colors that necessarily look good together; they’re colors that are opposite each other on a color wheel. They contrast strongly and “neutralize” each other if mixed, shifting toward dull grays or browns if you’re using paints or toward colorless grays or white if the colors are produced with light (e.g., […]
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