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What color do green and orange make?

Mixed as paint, green and orange make a green. Change the ratio, switch to light or CSS mixing, and copy the result.

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Paint mode simulates real pigments with the Kubelka-Munk model, so blue and yellow make green, just like on a palette.

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#588F39 · green

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Green and orange make green

Mixed as paint, green and orange make a green (#588F39). As light on a screen, they make a yellow (#F4C050), and blended in CSS with OKLCH they give a yellow (#9D9200).

green

#588F39

As paint

Pigments absorb light, so every color you add takes some away. This is what you get on a palette or canvas.

yellow

#F4C050

As light

Colored lights add up, as on a screen or stage. Mixes get brighter, not darker.

yellow

#9D9200

In CSS (OKLCH)

What color-mix(in oklch, …) returns for an even mix in the browser.

Mixing green and orange in different ratios

The ratio decides which color leads. These are paint mixes, measured in equal-sized parts.

3:1 · #3D8D3E

3 green : 1 orange, green

2:1 · #468E3C

2 green : 1 orange, green

1:1 · #588F39

1 green : 1 orange, green

1:2 · #6D8F37

1 green : 2 orange, olive

1:3 · #7A9035

1 green : 3 orange, olive

Making the mix lighter or darker

Add white for tints and black for shades. Each step adds 20% more of it to the even green and orange mix.

With white

#75AB52

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#8EBE6A

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#A5CF84

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#C1E0A5

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With black

#557E39

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#4F6C38

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#455835

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#353D2C

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Mixing green and orange FAQ

Mixed as paint, green and orange make a green (#588F39). As light on a screen, they make a yellow (#F4C050), and blended in CSS with OKLCH they give a yellow (#9D9200).

Light adds up instead of absorbing, so green and orange light make a yellow (#F4C050). That is why screens can show bright yellows from red and green light, while the same paints would turn brown.

Change the ratio. Three parts green to one part orange gives a green (#3D8D3E), while one part green to three parts orange gives an olive (#7A9035). To lighten the result add white, and to darken it add a little black.

Use color-mix(in oklch, #1E8C45 50%, #F28C28 50%), which gives #9D9200. OKLCH keeps the middle of the mix bright, while mixing in sRGB tends to turn it gray.