What color does blue and orange make?
Blue and Orange make Gray-Brown (#8A7A6B). Blue and orange are direct complements, the strongest brown-making pair on the wheel.
Blue and Orange sit far enough apart on the color wheel that the mix pulls toward whichever color carries more visual weight, often landing on a hue neither original color shares.
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.
Blue and Orange mix FAQ
What color does blue and orange make?
Blue and Orange make Gray-Brown (#8A7A6B). Blue and orange are direct complements, the strongest brown-making pair on the wheel.
Does the ratio of blue to orange change the result?
Yes. Equal parts land on Gray-Brown (#8A7A6B), but using more blue pulls the result toward #686ff2, and more orange pulls it toward #ed6046. Try any ratio in the calculator above.
What's the exact hex code for blue and orange mixed?
Blue (#2F6FED) and Orange (#F0752B) mixed in equal parts is #8A7A6B. Copy it directly from the calculator, or open it in the generator to build a full palette around it.