Paint Lab

Color Mixing Lab

Q: What colors make green?

Yellow and blue make green in paint. In printer ink, yellow and cyan make green. In light, green is a primary color.

Q: What colors make orange?

Red and yellow make orange in paint. Start with more yellow, then add red slowly.

Q: What colors make purple?

Red and blue make purple in paint. Add white to make a lighter purple.

Score 0Streak 0xBest 0Round 1/10Best streak 0x

Target color

#f97316

Match me

Orange

Warm it up with two starter paints.

Your mix

#fff7ed

Choose colors to start

No paint selected

Palette

0/3 selected

Match meter

Need 96%

Not close yet

Round selector

0/10 caught

Round 1

Target

Orange

How to play

Simple color catching, deeper lessons below.

Pick

Choose 2-3 palette colors.

Mix

Watch the bowl and match meter update.

Catch

Press Catch It when the mix looks close.

What colors make green?

Yellow and blue make green in paint. The full answer changes in light and printer ink, so each page separates Paint Mode, Light Mode, and Printer Ink Mode.

Open the green answer

What colors make

Exact answers by color question

Each card uses the search phrase directly, then explains the answer for paint, light, and printer ink.

What Colors Make Green?Yellow and blue make green in paint.What Colors Make Red?In paint, red is usually a starter color. You normally cannot make bright red by mixing other paints.What Colors Make Yellow?In paint, yellow is usually a starter color. You normally need yellow paint to make yellow.What Colors Make Blue?In paint, blue is usually a starter color. You normally cannot make bright blue without blue paint.What Colors Make Orange?Red and yellow make orange in paint.What Colors Make Purple?Red and blue make purple in paint.What Colors Make Pink?Red and white make pink in paint.What Colors Make Brown?Brown often comes from mixing red, yellow, and blue, or from mixing opposite colors.What Colors Make Black?Many dark paints together may create a dark muddy color, but pure black usually needs black paint.What Colors Make White?You cannot normally make white by mixing paint. In light, red, green, and blue make white light.

Related wording

Secondary color question pages

These pages support adjacent searches, while the main SEO cluster stays centered on "what colors make..." pages.

What Color Makes It Blue?What Color Makes It Green?What Color Makes It Orange?What Color Makes It Purple?

Offline challenge

Turn the score chase into a table activity

Paint Lab uses red, yellow, and blue as starter colors. Light Mode uses additive RGB. Printer Ink Mode uses CMY and explains why printers add black ink.

Printable worksheet

Predict the color

Color Recipe Lab

Predict: What color will these make?

Red + yellow = ______

Yellow + blue = ______

Blue + red = ______

Red + white = ______

Red + green = ______

Bonus: Circle the mixes that use paint starter colors.