What color does black and red make?
Black and Red make Maroon (#5C1A1A). Adding black is a shade, not a hue shift: it deepens red into maroon without pulling it toward another color.
Black and Red sit a moderate distance apart on the color wheel, which is the gap that tends to produce a genuine in-between hue rather than a washed-out version of either original color.
How the ratio changes the result
That's the traditional paint-mixing answer. The calculator below blends these exact colors live in OKLCH space, which lands a little differently, edit either hex to compare the two.
Black and Red mix FAQ
What color does black and red make?
Black and Red make Maroon (#5C1A1A). Adding black is a shade, not a hue shift: it deepens red into maroon without pulling it toward another color.
Does the ratio of black to red change the result?
Yes. Equal parts land on Maroon (#5C1A1A), but using more black pulls the result toward #45232a, and more red pulls it toward #ac323a. Try any ratio in the calculator above.
What's the exact hex code for black and red mixed?
Black (#171717) and Red (#E4372E) mixed in equal parts is #5C1A1A. Copy it directly from the calculator, or open it in the generator to build a full palette around it.