# What Color Does Pink And Green Make?

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## How to Mix Pink and Green?

You must add white to the mix to lighten a color’s value. On the color wheel, pink and green are on opposite ends. Colors pink and green, when combined, produce a combination that seems to be brown in appearance.

- To begin mixing pink and green together, you will need a paint knife or a color palette.

- You may produce a more polished look with a brush, but you’ll need a paint knife to achieve a more uniform shape and even color than a brush when [painting](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/painting-contractors/149663) or combining colors.

- Cleaning your [paintbrush](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/how-to-clean-oil-paint-brushes/187522) after each color mixing session is critical. A suitable finish will be achieved since the prior color paint will not mix with the current colors you are applying.

- Soap and water can clean and remove acrylic paint, whereas turpentine or mineral spirits can be used to remove oil paint.

- A jar is preferable to a pallet since the paint may be reused for future projects.

Color mixing is a skill that requires a great deal of practice and training to learn and master. Mixing equal amounts of pink and green creates the right shade of [pink](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/dark-pink/117122). If you use less of one hue than the other, you’ll have a more dominant color.

> **Note:** A fun technique to experiment with colors is to use more pink than green or greener than pink to observe the hues produced when the two colors are combined.

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