What color do green and teal make?
Green and Teal make teal.
Green and Teal make teal, #0a964d. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts green and teal · #0a964d
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 teal · #059f40
Equal parts · #0a964d
1 part green, 3 parts teal · #108d59
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #85cba6
With black added - a shade · #065a2e
Why it works
Pigment mixes subtractively: green 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 green and teal make?
Green and Teal make teal, #0a964d. 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 green than teal?
Three parts green to one part teal gives green. Reversing it to one part green 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.