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What color do orange and black make?

Mixed as paint, orange and black make a brown. 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.

brown

#877034 · brown

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Orange and black make brown

Mixed as paint, orange and black make a brown (#877034). As light on a screen, they make an orange (#F38E32), and blended in CSS with OKLCH they give a brown (#7E512B).

brown

#877034

As paint

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

orange

#F38E32

As light

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

brown

#7E512B

In CSS (OKLCH)

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

Mixing orange and black in different ratios

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

3:1 · #AF8131

3 orange : 1 black, brown

2:1 · #A17C32

2 orange : 1 black, brown

1:1 · #877034

1 orange : 1 black, brown

1:2 · #6D6034

1 orange : 2 black, brown

1:3 · #5E5633

1 orange : 3 black, 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 orange and black mix.

With white

#A89351

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#BDAB6B

40%

#CEC086

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#DED5A8

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With black

#756534

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#625933

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#4E4930

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#353427

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Mixing orange and black FAQ

Mixed as paint, orange and black make a brown (#877034). As light on a screen, they make an orange (#F38E32), and blended in CSS with OKLCH they give a brown (#7E512B).

Light adds up instead of absorbing, so orange and black light make an orange (#F38E32). 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 orange to one part black gives a brown (#AF8131), while one part orange to three parts black gives an olive (#5E5633). To lighten the result add white, and to darken it add a little black.

Use color-mix(in oklch, #F28C28 50%, #1A1A1A 50%), which gives #7E512B. OKLCH keeps the middle of the mix bright, while mixing in sRGB tends to turn it gray.