What color does green and red make?

Green and Red make Brown (#6B4A2E). Complementary colors cancel each other's saturation out in paint, landing on brown.

Green 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

More Green
Even mix
More Red

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.

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Green and Red mix FAQ

What color does green and red make?

Green and Red make Brown (#6B4A2E). Complementary colors cancel each other's saturation out in paint, landing on brown.

Does the ratio of green to red change the result?

Yes. Equal parts land on Brown (#6B4A2E), but using more green pulls the result toward #6a9d00, and more red pulls it toward #d25c00. Try any ratio in the calculator above.

What's the exact hex code for green and red mixed?

Green (#2FA84F) and Red (#E4372E) mixed in equal parts is #6B4A2E. Copy it directly from the calculator, or open it in the generator to build a full palette around it.