What color do purple and gold make?
Purple and Gold make brown.
Purple and Gold make brown, #872833. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts purple and gold · #872833
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 purple, 1 part gold · #810d5f
Equal parts · #872833
1 part purple, 3 parts gold · #ad790c
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #c39499
With black added - a shade · #51181f
Why it works
Purple and Gold sit opposite each other on the colour wheel, which makes them complementary. Complementary pigments cancel each other's reflected light, and what survives is a muted brown. Every complementary pair does this - it is the standard way to mix brown without a brown tube.
Frequently asked questions
What color do purple and gold make?
Purple and Gold make brown, #872833. 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 maroon. 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 purple than gold?
Three parts purple to one part gold gives purple. Reversing it to one part purple and three parts gold gives olive 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.