What color do blue and teal make?
Blue and Teal make teal.
Blue and Teal make teal, #1f717f. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts blue and teal · #1f717f
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 teal · #24688c
Equal parts · #1f717f
1 part blue, 3 parts teal · #1a7b73
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #8fb8bf
With black added - a shade · #13444c
Why it works
Pigment mixes subtractively: blue paint absorbs the wavelengths it is not reflecting, teal 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 teal make?
Blue and Teal make teal, #1f717f. 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 light blue. Add black for a shade, which gives teal. 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 teal?
Three parts blue to one part teal gives teal. Reversing it to one part blue and three parts teal 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.