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What color do orange and gray make?

Mixed as paint, orange and gray 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

#AD8D42 · brown

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Orange and gray make brown

Mixed as paint, orange and gray make a brown (#AD8D42). As light on a screen, they make an orange (#FFB387), and blended in CSS with OKLCH they give a brown (#BF8D67).

brown

#AD8D42

As paint

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

orange

#FFB387

As light

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

brown

#BF8D67

In CSS (OKLCH)

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

Mixing orange and gray in different ratios

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

3:1 · #C58D36

3 orange : 1 gray, brown

2:1 · #BC8D3A

2 orange : 1 gray, brown

1:1 · #AD8D42

1 orange : 1 gray, brown

1:2 · #A08D4E

1 orange : 2 gray, brown

1:3 · #9A8D56

1 orange : 3 gray, 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 gray mix.

With white

#C0A459

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#CEB770

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#DAC889

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#E6DAA9

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With black

#948042

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#7C7041

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#635D3D

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#454334

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Mixing orange and gray FAQ

Mixed as paint, orange and gray make a brown (#AD8D42). As light on a screen, they make an orange (#FFB387), and blended in CSS with OKLCH they give a brown (#BF8D67).

Light adds up instead of absorbing, so orange and gray light make an orange (#FFB387). 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 gray gives a brown (#C58D36), while one part orange to three parts gray gives an olive (#9A8D56). To lighten the result add white, and to darken it add a little black.

Use color-mix(in oklch, #F28C28 50%, #8A8A8A 50%), which gives #BF8D67. OKLCH keeps the middle of the mix bright, while mixing in sRGB tends to turn it gray.