What color does purple and brown make?
Purple and Brown make Muddy Plum (#5A3F4A). Purple's cool undertone and brown's warm base cancel each other out, muting the mix toward a dull, muddy plum.
Purple and Brown 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.
Purple and Brown mix FAQ
What color does purple and brown make?
Purple and Brown make Muddy Plum (#5A3F4A). Purple's cool undertone and brown's warm base cancel each other out, muting the mix toward a dull, muddy plum.
Does the ratio of purple to brown change the result?
Yes. Equal parts land on Muddy Plum (#5A3F4A), but using more purple pulls the result toward #983ca4, and more brown pulls it toward #93492d. Try any ratio in the calculator above.
What's the exact hex code for purple and brown mixed?
Purple (#8B3FD1) and Brown (#7A5230) mixed in equal parts is #5A3F4A. Copy it directly from the calculator, or open it in the generator to build a full palette around it.