What colors make answer
What Colors Make White?
You cannot normally make white by mixing paint. In light, red, green, and blue make white light.
Quick answer for kids
White paint is a starter color for making other paint colors lighter.
Parent and teacher note
White behaves very differently across systems. Paint mixing is subtractive, so mixing colored paints does not create white. Additive light mixing can create white from red, green, and blue light.
What colors make white by color system
Paint Lab
Paint Mode: white cannot normally be made by mixing paint; use white paint to lighten colors.
Light Mode
Light Mode: red light plus green light plus blue light makes white light.
Printer Ink Mode
Printer Ink Mode: printers usually leave the paper unprinted to show white.
Try it in Free Mix
Open the unified lab, switch systems, and compare the recipe without a score.
Open Free MixWorksheet activity
Add white to red, blue, and green paint. Write how each color changes.
Frequently asked questions
What Colors Make White?
You cannot normally make white by mixing paint. In light, red, green, and blue make white light.
What colors make white in paint?
white cannot normally be made by mixing paint; use white paint to lighten colors.
Do paint, light, and printer ink make white the same way?
red light plus green light plus blue light makes white light. printers usually leave the paper unprinted to show white.