What color does blue and pink make when mixed as paint?

A blue close to Gloomy Purple (#8060E5). Pigments subtract light, so the mix is darker and duller than either parent; exact results vary by brand and binder.

What do blue and pink make as light?

A color near Lilac Geode (#AC82FF). Light mixes additively, so overlapping sources brighten instead of darkening, which is why screens and paint disagree about the same pair.

What happens with more blue than pink?

The result slides toward Blue along the mixing curve; the live slider on this page computes the paint and light result at any ratio, with the hex code of every step.

What does blue and pink make?

In paint, blue and pink make a blue close to Gloomy Purple (#8060E5). Mixed as light, the same pair gives a result near Lilac Geode, because light adds while pigment subtracts.

50% Blue · 50% Pink

As paint

#8060E5

As light

#AC82FF

Theory

Why paint and light disagree

Pigments work by absorbing light: each paint removes part of the spectrum, so combining blue and pink removes more light than either alone and the result darkens. Screens and stage lights work the other way. Each light adds energy, so overlapping them moves the result toward white. The slider above computes both models at any ratio: the paint result uses red-yellow-blue pigment interpolation, the light result uses additive blending.

Reference

The 50/50 paint result, specified

HEX: #8060E5
RGB: rgb(128, 96, 229)
HSL: hsl(254, 72%, 64%)
CMYK: cmyk(44%, 58%, 0%, 10%)

Closest named color: Amethyst. Real pigments vary by brand and binder, so treat these values as the screen approximation of a physical mix.

FAQ

Quick answers

What color does blue and pink make when mixed as paint?: A blue close to Gloomy Purple (#8060E5). Pigments subtract light, so the mix is darker and duller than either parent; exact results vary by brand and binder.
What do blue and pink make as light?: A color near Lilac Geode (#AC82FF). Light mixes additively, so overlapping sources brighten instead of darkening, which is why screens and paint disagree about the same pair.
What happens with more blue than pink?: The result slides toward Blue along the mixing curve; the live slider on this page computes the paint and light result at any ratio, with the hex code of every step.