What color does green and black make?
Equal parts green and black produce forest green (#002e00 (Charcoal)). The blend is computed in the Oklab color space, so the steps between the two colors look evenly spaced to your eye rather than to the raw channel math.
#002e00 - HEX
- #002e00
- RGB
- rgb(0, 46, 0)
- HSL
- hsl(120, 100%, 9%)
- CMYK
- cmyk(100%, 0%, 100%, 82%)
color-mix(in oklab, #008000 50%, #000000) Green to Black: every ratio
How much of each color you use moves the answer along the blend path. The perceptual midpoint is the 50/50 row; the others show what a 3:1 ratio does in either direction.
Lighter and darker versions
Tint the mix toward white or shade it toward black and you get a small palette that all clearly belongs to the same family:
#3e5e3b Tint #7a9178 50/50 mix #002e00 Shade #000b00 Darker #001c00 Paint vs. screen: why the medium matters
On a screen, colors blend by adding light; with paint, pigments subtract light and the result is usually darker and duller. This page's values are the perceptual blend of the two colors — the closest digital equivalent to what mixed paint looks like.
About these two colors
Green #008000 — Blue plus yellow in paint; the color the human eye can distinguish the most shades of.
Black #000000 — The absence of light on a screen; in paint, the darkest pigment that shades every mix.
Want to blend these with different colors entirely? Open the full color mixer, or convert #002e00 to RGB, HSL or CMYK.
Related mixes
See all color mixes for the full directory.
Frequently asked questions
Does green and black make forest green?
Yes — equal parts give forest green, around #002e00. The exact shade depends on your ratio: green-heavy mixes lean toward #005500 and black-heavy mixes toward #000b00.
What is the HEX code for green and black mixed?
A 50/50 perceptual mix is #002e00 (Charcoal). If you need it in CSS, the mixer above generates a ready-to-paste color-mix() snippet: color-mix(in oklab, #008000 50%, #000000).
What does green and black make in paint vs. on a screen?
On a screen, colors blend by adding light; with paint, pigments subtract light and the result is usually darker and duller. This page's values are the perceptual blend of the two colors — the closest digital equivalent to what mixed paint looks like.
How do I make the forest green mix lighter or darker?
Mix the result with white to tint it — 50% white gives about #7a9178 — or with black to shade it, where 50% black gives about #000b00. The strip above shows the full run from lighter to darker.