What color do green and gold make?
Green and Gold make olive.
Green and Gold make olive, #75bc1b. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts green and gold · #75bc1b
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 green, 1 part gold · #38b227
Equal parts · #75bc1b
1 part green, 3 parts gold · #b7c80e
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #bade8d
With black added - a shade · #467110
Why it works
Pigment mixes subtractively: green paint absorbs the wavelengths it is not reflecting, gold absorbs its own set, and olive 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 green and gold make?
Green and Gold make olive, #75bc1b. 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 tan. Add black for a shade, which gives olive. 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 green than gold?
Three parts green to one part gold gives emerald. Reversing it to one part green and three parts gold gives lime 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.