What color does blue and red make?
Blue and Red make Purple (#7B4397). The classic primary mix. Equal parts land on a true violet-purple.
Blue and Red 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 Red mix FAQ
What color does blue and red make?
Blue and Red make Purple (#7B4397). The classic primary mix. Equal parts land on a true violet-purple.
Does the ratio of blue to red change the result?
Yes. Equal parts land on Purple (#7B4397), but using more blue pulls the result toward #6a62ee, and more red pulls it toward #de3063. Try any ratio in the calculator above.
What's the exact hex code for blue and red mixed?
Blue (#2F6FED) and Red (#E4372E) mixed in equal parts is #7B4397. Copy it directly from the calculator, or open it in the generator to build a full palette around it.