What colors make answer
What Colors Make Purple?
Red and blue make purple in paint.
Quick answer for kids
Mix red and blue together. A little white can make a lighter purple.
Parent and teacher note
Purple is a secondary paint color in the traditional red-yellow-blue model. In light, red and blue make magenta, which is close to a bright purple-pink.
What colors make purple by color system
Paint Lab
Paint Mode: red plus blue makes purple.
Light Mode
Light Mode: red light plus blue light makes magenta light.
Printer Ink Mode
Printer Ink Mode: purple can be made with magenta plus some cyan or blue-leaning ink.
Try it in Free Mix
Open the unified lab, switch systems, and compare the recipe without a score.
Open Free MixWorksheet activity
Mix red and blue. Add white to part of the mixture and label the lighter color.
Frequently asked questions
What Colors Make Purple?
Red and blue make purple in paint.
What two colors make purple?
Red and blue make purple in paint. Add white to make a lighter purple.
What colors make purple in paint?
red plus blue makes purple.
Do paint, light, and printer ink make purple the same way?
red light plus blue light makes magenta light. purple can be made with magenta plus some cyan or blue-leaning ink.