What color do yellow and gold make?
Yellow and Gold make yellow.
Yellow and Gold make yellow, #ffed00. That is the result in equal parts, mixing pigment rather than light - paint, ink and dye all behave this way.
Equal parts yellow and gold · #ffed00
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 yellow, 1 part gold · #fff700
Equal parts · #ffed00
1 part yellow, 3 parts gold · #ffe200
Lighter and darker
With white added - a tint · #fff680
With black added - a shade · #998e00
Why it works
Pigment mixes subtractively: yellow paint absorbs the wavelengths it is not reflecting, gold absorbs its own set, and yellow 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 yellow and gold make?
Yellow and Gold make yellow, #ffed00. 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 mustard. Add black for a shade, which gives olive. 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 yellow than gold?
Three parts yellow to one part gold gives yellow. Reversing it to one part yellow and three parts gold gives gold 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.