What color do teal and gold make?
Teal and Gold make olive.
Teal and Gold make olive, #41a224. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts teal and gold · #41a224
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 teal, 1 part gold · #128d4a
Equal parts · #41a224
1 part teal, 3 parts gold · #abbe10
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #a0d192
With black added - a shade · #276116
Why it works
Pigment mixes subtractively: teal 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 teal and gold make?
Teal and Gold make olive, #41a224. 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 teal than gold?
Three parts teal to one part gold gives teal. Reversing it to one part teal 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.