What color do brown and teal make?
Brown and Teal make green.
Brown and Teal make green, #335518. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts brown and teal · #335518
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 brown, 1 part teal · #6f4d08
Equal parts · #335518
1 part brown, 3 parts teal · #1a6d43
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #879b78
With black added - a shade · #1d310e
Why it works
Pigment mixes subtractively: brown paint absorbs the wavelengths it is not reflecting, teal absorbs its own set, and green 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 brown and teal make?
Brown and Teal make green, #335518. 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 brown than teal?
Three parts brown to one part teal gives brown. Reversing it to one part brown 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.