What color do pink and teal make?
Pink and Teal make grey.
Pink and Teal make grey, #889197. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts pink and teal · #889197
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 pink, 1 part teal · #d69baa
Equal parts · #889197
1 part pink, 3 parts teal · #4c8c7f
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #d0d3d5
With black added - a shade · #444a4e
Why it works
Pigment mixes subtractively: pink paint absorbs the wavelengths it is not reflecting, teal absorbs its own set, and grey 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 pink and teal make?
Pink and Teal make grey, #889197. 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 grey. Add black for a shade, which gives dark grey. 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 pink than teal?
Three parts pink to one part teal gives lavender. Reversing it to one part pink and three parts teal gives slate grey 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.