What Color Does Red And Blue Make When Mixed?

When we mix the Red Color and Blue Color, it will give the result a Violet Color. 

In both RYB (Red, Yellow, Blue) and RGB (Red, Green, Blue) color models, Red color and Blue color are considered primary colors. The mixture of these sets of colors or the combination of any two colors from the color models produces another color. Here, two primary colors Red and Blue are mixed to produce the Violet color which is the secondary color. Sometimes, the mixture of these two primary colors produces Purple color.

If you mix 50 percent of Red paint and 50% of Blue paint exactly then it will give Violet or sometimes it will give Purple color depending upon the nature of the other two colors. This is because there are different shades of Red color and different shades of Blue color. If you exactly pick the default Red color i.e., #FF0000 as in Hex Code or RGB(255,0,0), and the default Blue color i.e., #0000FF as in Hex Code or RGB(0,0,255) then it will provide the expected Violet color without having the shades of other colors.

Overview of Violet Color :

The Hex Code for default Violet is #8F00FF and the RGB() combination for default Pink is RGB(143,0,255). There are different shades of Violet color. There are different shades of Violet color. Some of them are Purple, Lavender, Indigo, Dark-Violet, Russian-Violet, Plum, Iris, Grape, Blue-Violet, French violet, Jam, Mulberry, etc.

In 1370, the color Violet was derived from the Old French word 'Violet' and Middle English. The color Violet is closely related to and associated with the color Purple. Both Violet and Purple come under the same set of families. The color Violet is associated with various terms or meanings such as beauty, power, mystery, grace, royalty, luxury, magic, peace, pride, wisdom, dignity, creativeness, etc.

The color Violet is associated with nature in many forms such as the outer appearance of animals/birds such as Indian Purple Frog, Violet-Backed Starling, Purple Grenadier, Purple Starfish, Violet-Crowned Woodnymph, etc., Vegetables such as Brinjal, Purple Broccoli, Purple Cabbage, Purple Carrots, Purple Cauliflower, Purple Corn, etc., Fruits such as Purple Grapes, Acai, Figs, Plums, Elderberries, etc., Flowers such as African Violets, Catmint, Clematis, Balloon Flower, Verbena, Bellflower, Lavender, Dwarf Iris, etc., The color can also be seen from the Rainbow and the color Indigo is also one of the rainbow colors which is also the part of Violet family i.e., different shade of Violet.

Lighten the Violet Color :

There are certain ways to lighten the Violet color to light-violet color. This can be done in the following ways.

1. Violet is a mixture of two colors Red and Blue. Here the color Blue is having a lighter shade when compared to Red color which is having a darker shade than Blue color. If you feel that the Violet is darker than you expected and you want to make it to a lighter shade of Violet then you will mix a certain amount of Blue color in the Violet color to have the desired amount of expected light-violet color. You can also add the minimum amount of Blue color or maximum amount of Blue color depending upon your requirement.
2. Another way is to add White color. A mixture of a certain amount of White color with the Violet color turns it into light-violet color. Here, you don’t need to add Blue color because the mixture of White color with the Violet color is enough to have the expected light-violet color.

Darken the Violet Color :

There are certain ways to darken the Violet color to a bright violet or dark-violet color. This can be done in the following ways.

1. Violet is a mixture of two colors Red and Blue. Here the color Red is having a dark shade when compared to another color Blue. If you feel that the Violet is lighter than you expected and you want to make it to a darker shade of Violet then you will mix a certain amount of Red color in the Violet color to have the desired amount of expected dark-violet color. It also sometimes looks like red-violet color.
2. Another way is to add Black color. A mixture of a certain amount of Black color with the Violet color turns it into dark-violet color. Here, you don’t need to add Red color because the mixture of a Black color with the Violet color is enough to have the expected dark-violet or bright-violet color.