What color does teal and lime make when mixed as paint?

A green close to Grassy Green (#40A000). Pigments subtract light, so the mix is darker and duller than either parent; exact results vary by brand and binder.

What do teal and lime make as light?

A color near Biopunk (#81FF56). 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 teal than lime?

The result slides toward Teal 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 teal and lime make?

In paint, teal and lime make a green close to Grassy Green (#40A000). Mixed as light, the same pair gives a result near Biopunk, because light adds while pigment subtracts.

50% Teal · 50% Lime

As paint

#40A000

As light

#81FF56

Theory

Why paint and light disagree

Pigments work by absorbing light: each paint removes part of the spectrum, so combining teal and lime 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: #40A000
RGB: rgb(64, 160, 0)
HSL: hsl(96, 100%, 31%)
CMYK: cmyk(60%, 0%, 100%, 37%)

Closest named color: Lawn Green. 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 teal and lime make when mixed as paint?: A green close to Grassy Green (#40A000). Pigments subtract light, so the mix is darker and duller than either parent; exact results vary by brand and binder.
What do teal and lime make as light?: A color near Biopunk (#81FF56). 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 teal than lime?: The result slides toward Teal 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.