What color does brown and red make?
Brown and Red make Rust (#8B3A1E). Both already lean warm, so the mix deepens toward a reddish rust rather than muddying.
Brown 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.
Brown and Red mix FAQ
What color does brown and red make?
Brown and Red make Rust (#8B3A1E). Both already lean warm, so the mix deepens toward a reddish rust rather than muddying.
Does the ratio of brown to red change the result?
Yes. Equal parts land on Rust (#8B3A1E), but using more brown pulls the result toward #945123, and more red pulls it toward #ca451e. Try any ratio in the calculator above.
What's the exact hex code for brown and red mixed?
Brown (#7A5230) and Red (#E4372E) mixed in equal parts is #8B3A1E. Copy it directly from the calculator, or open it in the generator to build a full palette around it.