What colors make answer
What Colors Make Blue?
In paint, blue is usually a starter color. You normally cannot make bright blue without blue paint.
Quick answer for kids
Blue is a starter paint color. You use it to make purple with red and green with yellow.
Parent and teacher note
In printer ink, cyan and magenta can make blue. In traditional kids' painting, blue is treated as a primary color.
What colors make blue by color system
Paint Lab
Paint Mode: blue is treated as a primary color, so bright blue usually starts with blue paint.
Light Mode
Light Mode: blue is a primary light color. Blue light helps make cyan, magenta, and white.
Printer Ink Mode
Printer Ink Mode: cyan plus magenta ink can make blue.
Try it in Free Mix
Open the unified lab, switch systems, and compare the recipe without a score.
Open Free MixWorksheet activity
Use blue paint twice: mix it with yellow, then mix it with red.
Frequently asked questions
What Colors Make Blue?
In paint, blue is usually a starter color. You normally cannot make bright blue without blue paint.
What colors make blue in paint?
blue is treated as a primary color, so bright blue usually starts with blue paint.
Do paint, light, and printer ink make blue the same way?
blue is a primary light color. Blue light helps make cyan, magenta, and white. cyan plus magenta ink can make blue.