What Two colors make purple? Mixing red and blue together makes purple, but getting the right shade of purple isn’t quite that simple. I am showing a painting by one of the old masters to prove that they too used the color purple! This painting by Vermeer is an example https://knoxhyinj.yourkwikimage.com/120545/how_to_make_purple_paint_in_growtopia_a_gizli_silah