Color Mixer
Blend two or more colours and see exactly what you get. Mix like real paint (blue + yellow = green), like light, or like print — adjust the parts of each colour and read the result's hex, name and nearest real paint.
Mixed like real paint, blue + yellow = green, red + yellow = orange and red + blue = purple — because pigments blend subtractively (RYB). Pick your colours below, set the parts of each, and get the exact result in hex, by name and in real paint.
The result of mixing two colours depends entirely on the model. Mix as paint and you're working subtractively in RYB: pigments absorb light, so blue and yellow make green and the blend gets darker. Mix as light and you're working additively in RGB: the channels add up, so red and green make yellow and full intensity heads toward white. Mix as ink and you're in CMYK, the subtractive model used by printers.
This mixer covers all three. Choose Paint when you're matching real wall colour, acrylics or oils; choose Light for screens, LEDs and web design; choose Print when you're preparing artwork for a press. The same two colours can land on three different results, which is exactly why the model matters.
Whichever you pick, every result is matched to the nearest real, buyable paint across 16 brands and given its closest common colour name, so a mix you like on screen maps straight to something you can put on a wall.
The most-searched colour combinations — tap any to load it into the mixer (paint mode).
Looking to make a specific colour, or wondering what two colours make? These guides have the exact mixes — each with a live mixer and real paint.
Our color tools run on our own catalogue of 26,000+ real paint colors across 16 brands — Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Dulux, RAL and more — with the color math (HSL and CIELAB matching) computed in-house, not scraped from summaries. Every color you pick maps to a real, buyable paint with its code, so what you see here you can actually take to the store. We review and update these tools and their data regularly.
Created by Denis Kataev, founder of DSGN.HOUSE — a software engineer and digital entrepreneur building professional color-design tools for everyone.
What is a colour mixer?+
A colour mixer blends two or more colours into one and shows you the result. This one lets you mix like paint, light or print, set how much of each colour goes in, and read the mixed colour's codes, name and nearest real paint.
What's the difference between RYB, RGB and CMYK mixing?+
RYB (paint) is how pigments combine on a canvas — red, yellow and blue are the primaries. RGB (light/screens) mixes brightness, so red + green makes yellow. CMYK is the subtractive model used in printing. Pick the model that matches what you're actually mixing.
Does it show the result as real paint?+
Yes — under the mixed colour it shows the nearest real, buyable paint across 16 brands (the closest match by colour distance, any brand), with its code, plus the colour's common name.
Why doesn't blue and yellow make grey here?+
Because the default mode mixes like real paint (subtractive / RYB): blue + yellow makes green, just like on a palette. Switch to RGB mode to mix like light, where the maths is an average of the red, green and blue channels instead.
Can I mix more than two colours?+
Yes — add as many colours as you like and give each one a number of parts. A 3:1 mix leans heavily to the first colour; equal parts give a straight blend. The result updates live.