What colors make answer
What Colors Make Orange?
Red and yellow make orange in paint.
Quick answer for kids
Start with yellow, add a little red, and mix. More red makes a deeper orange.
Parent and teacher note
Orange is a secondary color in traditional paint mixing. In light, orange is usually made by using more red than green rather than a simple two-primary classroom rule.
What colors make orange by color system
Paint Lab
Paint Mode: red plus yellow makes orange.
Light Mode
Light Mode: orange can be approximated with strong red light and some green light.
Printer Ink Mode
Printer Ink Mode: orange is usually made with yellow ink plus some magenta.
Try it in Free Mix
Open the unified lab, switch systems, and compare the recipe without a score.
Open Free MixWorksheet activity
Make two oranges: one with more yellow and one with more red.
Frequently asked questions
What Colors Make Orange?
Red and yellow make orange in paint.
What two colors make orange?
Red and yellow make orange in paint. Start with more yellow, then add red slowly.
What colors make orange in paint?
red plus yellow makes orange.
Do paint, light, and printer ink make orange the same way?
orange can be approximated with strong red light and some green light. orange is usually made with yellow ink plus some magenta.