What color do blue and green make?
Blue and Green make teal.
Blue and Green make teal, #158466. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts blue and green · #158466
Change the ratio
Very little of a mix is ever half and half. Shifting the balance moves the result along the range between the two colours.
3 parts blue, 1 part green · #1f717f
Equal parts · #158466
1 part blue, 3 parts green · #0a964d
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #8ac2b3
With black added - a shade · #0d4f3d
Why it works
Pigment mixes subtractively: blue paint absorbs the wavelengths it is not reflecting, green absorbs its own set, and teal is what neither of them absorbed. This is why paint behaves differently from a screen, where light adds together instead.
Frequently asked questions
What color do blue and green make?
Blue and Green make teal, #158466. Mixed in equal parts that is the result you get with paint, ink or any other pigment.
How do I make the result lighter or darker?
Add white for a tint - here that gives sage. Add black for a shade, which gives green. Add white a little at a time, because it takes far less than people expect to shift a mix.
What happens if I use more blue than green?
Three parts blue to one part green gives teal. Reversing it to one part blue and three parts green gives teal instead.
Does this work the same way on a screen?
No. Screens mix light additively, so red and green light make yellow there. These results are subtractive - paint, ink, dye and pigment - which is what people mean when they ask what two colours make.