What color do teal and grey make?
Teal and Grey make slate grey.
Teal and Grey make slate grey, #4c7d6f. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts teal and grey · #4c7d6f
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 grey · #37846f
Equal parts · #4c7d6f
1 part teal, 3 parts grey · #546f67
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #9eb3ae
With black added - a shade · #204138
Why it works
Pigment mixes subtractively: teal paint absorbs the wavelengths it is not reflecting, grey absorbs its own set, and slate 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 teal and grey make?
Teal and Grey make slate grey, #4c7d6f. 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 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 grey?
Three parts teal to one part grey gives teal. Reversing it to one part teal and three parts grey 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.