What color do orange and grey make?
Orange and Grey make coral.
Orange and Grey make coral, #b37b43. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts orange and grey · #b37b43
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 orange, 1 part grey · #d98129
Equal parts · #b37b43
1 part orange, 3 parts grey · #8c6d4f
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #ccb299
With black added - a shade · #66401a
Why it works
Pigment mixes subtractively: orange paint absorbs the wavelengths it is not reflecting, grey absorbs its own set, and coral 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 orange and grey make?
Orange and Grey make coral, #b37b43. 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 brown. 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 orange than grey?
Three parts orange to one part grey gives coral. Reversing it to one part orange and three parts grey gives brown 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.