How to turn light green paint into dark green. What paints need to be mixed to get the desired color?

Blue is one of the primary colors. Along with red and yellow, it is on the list of tones that cannot be produced at home. But artists know perfectly well how to get Blue colour in its various shades - to do this you need to mix the classic color with other pigments, which gives amazing results.

Traditional color wheel

Experts call blue, red, and yellow the “three pillars” of color and painting. It is on them that the widest palette of halftones of the second and third orders rests; they are combined with each other, while creation with is excluded.

All the most important colors are included in the so-called color wheel. It represents a conditional model divided into sectors. The latter are placed in an order close to their location in the visible light spectrum. The adjacent shades are called chromatic; they can be mixed together to obtain a new chromatic (color) paint. If, when mixing paints, you take opposite tones, the result will be an achromatic color (grayish). That is, the further the colors are from each other, the more likely it is that their mixture will give an inexpressive, ugly tone.

Classic blue and its shades

You won’t be able to make blue at home, so to create different shades of it you need to purchase ready-made gouache, watercolor, acrylic paint or another type of dye (even plasticine). Then you can use other colors from the set, because when they are combined you can get incredible tones and halftones of blue. Artists have special tables with the names of shades and the required proportions for paints, but in practice they still have to experiment.

In regular gouache sets, blue is represented by the shade ultramarine. It is very bright, moderately dark, and has slightly purple notes. Eat important rule, which must be remembered: to lighten the tone, add white, to darken - black, to change the reflection of the paint - various colors.

Blue-green

Making shades of blue with green highlights is easy. The effect of a dark green tone is achieved by introducing a small amount of ready-made green paint into the blue. If it is not there, you can do it differently. Since the combination of blue and yellow gives a green color, you can add a little yellow to the blue. Next, the paint is lightened with white, the result is a third-order shade, less saturated.

Prussian blue

The azure color also contains green shades. Artists have a recipe for its preparation - you need to combine 1 part blue and the same amount of light green or bright green (grass) shade. If necessary, the tone is diluted with white.

Blue-violet

This color is considered very rich and powerful in energy; it is prepared by combining blue with red paint in equal proportions. But the finished purple must be made to turn blue, for which blue color is added drop by drop until the desired tone is obtained. Typically the final ratio does not exceed 2:1.

Royal blue

The royal color is a dark, cool tone, close to classic. Traditional royal blue comes in color scheme HTML used in computer graphics. It is also the main tone of ink and paint for cartridges. To make this color, a drop of black and even less of green are added to ultramarine.

Blue-gray

This shade is reminiscent of a cloudy sky, as well as the color of water on a non-sunny day. You need to add a little brown to the base blue, the result will be a dark blue-gray tone. It is diluted with white to the desired degree of lightening. There is another option for creating a gray-blue tint - combining blue with orange, the result will be a grayish mass with a slightly blue tint.

Dark blue

The blue paint begins to darken with the addition of a small amount of black color. The ratio should be no more than 4:1. Creating such a shade is required if you need to “calm down” a color when it is initially too bright.

Blue

Blue color is easy to make. To do this, blue of any tone is diluted with white 3:1 or more. Increasing the volume of white paint results in even greater lightening, up to a sky blue or pastel blue. To achieve an original tone, you can dilute turquoise with white.

Other shades

Wedgwood tone is obtained by combining a portion of blue, as well as a drop of white and black paint. For dark turquoise, yellow-green color is added dropwise to blue. Cornflower blue is created by mixing purple, blue, a drop of brown and the same amount of black dye.

Blue in nature

IN real world Blue is perceived by the eye in the range of 440-485 nm. This is a digital length value electromagnetic wave, which has blue tone in the general spectrum of light. In nature, you can see up to 180 shades of blue - its tones are visible in the colors of the seas and oceans, the sky, twilight, moonlight, many plants, and insects.

To obtain the ideal color, you need to ensure that all ingredients are similar in chemical composition. Otherwise, the mass may separate, leaving unmixed veins. It is also important to use high-quality paints, because others begin to darken and turn gray over time. Oil dyes are very susceptible to changes - it is better to first try the work on a small area and evaluate the effect after a couple of days. Artists note: the fewer colors were combined, the better the result will be, and the lower the risk of fading and peeling of the finished decor.

Take paints. Any kind of paint will do - even those used on furniture or walls - but it's best (and cleanest) to practice with a few small tubes of oil or acrylic paint. First, let's see what happens if we mix just two colors - red and blue.

• Note: Black can be obtained by mixing existing colors. Black pigment, of course, exists, but its use is too conspicuous. It is better to obtain dark colors by mixing transparent primary colors: shadows also have shades, depending on the time of day and other factors.
• Read the "Other Tips" section below for guidance on choosing the best magenta and cyan.

1. Mix red and blue. Everyone knows that red and blue when mixed give purple, is not it? Indeed, but it's not that bright, vibrant purple. Instead they form something like this:

   • Not very pleasing to the eye? This is because red and blue absorb more and reflect less of the spectrum, producing a dark, dirty purple instead of a vibrant and bright one.

2. Now try this: mix magenta with a little cyan and you will see the difference. This time you will get something like this:

   

   • Magenta is a shade of purple, cyan is a blue-green shade, often called royal blue or turquoise. Along with yellow, they are the primary colors in the CMYK model, which is based on a subtractive color scheme (producing color by subtracting individual components from white). This scheme is used in printing, including color printers.
   • You can see that using true primary colors - magenta and cyan - results in a much brighter, more vibrant hue. If you want a deeper purple, add more blue. For a deep purple, add black.

3. Mix pigments to create primary and secondary colors. There are 3 main color pigments: cyan, magenta and yellow. There are also 3 secondary colors obtained by mixing two primary colors:

   • Cyan + yellow = green
   • Cyan + magenta = blue
   • Magenta + yellow = red
   • Cyan + magenta + yellow = black
   • In subtractive color mixing, the combination of all colors produces black.

4. "Read the information below. The section "Mixing Paints" gives more detailed recommendations on obtaining the most different shades, including light, dark and grayish. The Tips section provides an extensive list of colors and combinations you can use to get those colors on your palette.

   Light mixing: additive colors

   1. Take a look at your monitor. Look at the white areas on this page and get as close as possible. Even better if you have a magnifying glass. When you bring your eyes closer to the screen, you will see not white, but red, green and blue dots. Unlike pigments, which work by absorbing color, light is additive, meaning it works by adding up light streams. Cinema screens and displays, whether it's a 60-inch plasma TV or the 3.5-inch Retina display in your iPhone, use an additive method of mixing colors.

      Mix light to create primary and secondary colors. As with subtractive colors, there are 3 primary and 3 secondary colors obtained by mixing the primary colors. The result may surprise you:

      • Mixing red + blue = magenta
      • Mixing blue + green = cyan
      • Mixing green + red = yellow
      • In additive color mixing, the combination of all colors produces white.
      • Please note that primary additive colors are secondary subtractive colors, and vice versa. How can it be? Know that the effect of subtractive color is a combined process: it absorbs some colors, and we perceive what remains, that is, reflected light. Reflected color is the color of the luminous flux that remains when all other colors have been absorbed.

   Modern color theory

   1. Understand the subjective nature of color perception. Human perception and identification of color depend on both objective and subjective factors. While scientists can detect and measure light down to the nanometer, our eyes perceive a complex combination of not only hue, but also color saturation and brightness. This circumstance is further complicated by the way we see the same color on different backgrounds.

      Hue, saturation and lightness are the three dimensions of color. We can say that any color has three dimensions: hue, saturation and lightness.

      • Tone characterizes the position of color on color wheel- red, orange, yellow and so on, including all intermediate colors such as red-orange or orange-yellow. Here are some examples: Pink refers to a magenta or red tone (or anything in between). Brown refers to the orange tone because brown is dark orange.
      • Saturation- This is what produces rich, vibrant color, like on a rainbow or color wheel. Pale, dark and muted colors (shades) are less saturated.
      • Lightness shows how close a color is to white or black, regardless of color. If you take a black and white photograph of flowers, you can tell which ones are lighter and which ones are darker.
        • For example, bright yellow is a relatively light color. You can lighten it up even more by adding white and making it a pale yellow.
        • Bright blue is naturally dark and low on the light scale, while dark blue is even lower.

   Mixing paints

   1. Follow these instructions to get any color you want. Magenta, yellow and cyan are primary subtractive colors, which means that they can be mixed to create any other color, but they themselves cannot be obtained from other colors. Primary subtractive colors are used when mixing pigments such as inks, dyes and paints.

      

      Low saturation colors (soft colors) come in three main types: light, dark and muted.

      Add white to get lighter colors. Any color can be lightened by adding white to it. To achieve a very light color, it is better to add the base color to the white a little at a time so as not to waste excess paint.

      Add black to get dark colors. Any color can be darkened by adding black to it. Some artists prefer to add a complementary color that is opposite a given color on the exact CMY/RGB color wheel. For example, green can be used to darken magenta and magenta can be used to darken green because they are opposite each other on the color wheel. Add black or complementary color a little at a time so as not to overdo it.

      Add white and black (or white and a complementary color to the original) to create muted, grayish colors. By varying the relative amounts of black and white flowers, you can get any desired level of lightness and saturation. For example: add white and black to yellow to get light olive. Black will darken yellow, turning it into olive green, and white will lighten that olive green. Different shades of olive green can be achieved by adjusting the amount of color added.

      • To achieve a desaturated color such as brown (dark orange), you can adjust the hue in the same way as to achieve bright orange - by adding small amounts of colors nearby on the color wheel: magenta, yellow, red or orange. They will make the brown brighter while changing its shade. But since brown is not a bright color, you can also use colors on the other sides of the triangle, such as green or blue, which will darken the brown while changing its hue.

   2. Get black. This can be done by mixing any two colors that are mutually complementary, as well as three or more colors that are equidistant from each other on the color wheel. Just don't add white or any color containing white unless you want a shade of gray. If the resulting black leans too much toward a particular color, neutralize it by adding a little complementary color to that color.

      Don't try to get white. White cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. Like the three primary colors - magenta, yellow and cyan - you will have to buy them, unless, of course, you are working with materials like watercolor, for which paper itself is used instead of white if necessary.

      Develop an action plan. Think about the hue, lightness, and saturation of the color you have and the color you want, and make adjustments accordingly.

      • For example, the shade of green can be brought closer to cyan or yellow - its neighbors on the color wheel. It can be lightened by adding white. Or darken it by adding black or a complementary color, namely purple, magenta or red, depending on the shade of green. You can tone it down by adding black and white, or make the desaturated green a little brighter by adding (bright) green.
      • One more example. You mixed red and white to make pink, but the pink came out too bright and warm (yellowish). To correct the warm shade, you will have to add a little magenta. To tone down hot pink, add white, a complementary color (or black), or both. Decide if you want a darker pink (add only the complementary color), a grayish pink (add white and the complementary color), or just a lighter pink (add only the white). If you plan to adjust the hue with magenta and tone down the pink with green or cyan (complementary to magenta and red), you can try combining the two by using a color between magenta and cyan, such as blue.

   3. Mix paints and start creating a masterpiece! If all of this seems overwhelming, you just need a little practice. Creating a color guide for your own needs - good way Practice using the principles of color theory. Even by printing it from your computer, you will provide yourself useful information for a time when you do not yet have practice and cannot work on an intuitive level.

   Samples of colors and methods for obtaining them

   • Select the color you want and follow the instructions below. Each sample gives whole line opportunities; you can adjust the amount of paint you use to get exactly the color you want. For example, any light color can be lightened or darkened by adding more or less white. Complementary, or complementary, colors are colors that are opposite each other on the RGB/CMY color wheel.
   • Red: Add a little yellow or orange to the magenta.
     • Light red (salmon pink, coral): Add white to red. Use less white and more red to get coral.
     • Dark red: Add a little black (or cyan) to the red. Cyan is complementary to red.
     • Muted red: Add white and black (or cyan) to red.
   • Yellow: Yellow cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. You'll have to buy it.
     • Light yellow: Add white to yellow.
     • Dark yellow (olive green): Add a little black (or purple-blue) to the yellow. Violet-blue is complementary to yellow.
     • Muted yellow (light olive): Add white or black (or violet-blue) to yellow.
   • Green: Mix cyan and yellow.
     • Light green: Add white to green.
     • Dark green: Add a little black (or magenta) to the green. Magenta is complementary to green.
     • Grey-green: Add white and black (or magenta) to green.
   • Cyan (turquoise blue): Cyan cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. You'll have to buy it.
     • Light cyan: Add white to cyan.
     • Dark cyan: Add a little black (or red) to the cyan. Red is complementary to cyan.
     • Grey-blue: Add white and black (or red) to the cyan.
   • Purple Blue: Mix magenta with cyan or blue.
     • Light violet blue (lavender): Add white to the purple-blue.
     • Dark violet blue: Add a little black (or yellow) to the purple-blue. Yellow is complementary to violet.
     • Grayish-violet-blue: Add white and black (or yellow) to the purple-blue.
   • Violet: Mix magenta with a little cyan, blue or violet blue.
     • Light purple: Add white to purple.
     • Dark purple: Add some black (or lime green) to the purple. Lime green is complementary to purple.
     • Muted purple: Add white and black (or lime green) to the purple.
   • Black: Black can be created by mixing any two complementary colors or three equidistant colors on the precise CMY/RGB color wheel, such as red, green and blue. If instead of pure black you got dark color, correct it by adding a color that is complementary to it.
   • White: White cannot be obtained by mixing other colors. You'll have to buy it. For a warm white (such as cream), add a little yellow. To get a cool white, add a little cyan.
   • Grey: Gray is a mixture of black and white.
   • When mixing paints, add a little at a time to adjust the color. You can always add more. This is especially true when working with black and blue, which tend to dominate other colors. Add a little at a time until you achieve the desired result.
   • To find out if a color is complementary, use your own eyes. It's an old trick: look closely at a color, then look away at a white surface. Due to “color fatigue” in the eyes, you will see the opposite color.
   • Choosing primary colors when purchasing can be difficult. Look for magenta that does not contain white or blue pigments (PW and PB). The best pigments are violet and red pigments such as PV19 and PR122. Good cyan PB15:3. PB15 and PG7 are also good. If you need art paints or glaze, you can try to match the colors using a printer. Print a sample from your computer to take with you to the store, or look for primary colors on the sides of a cereal or cookie package.
   • You need one color triangle of colors that provide visual balance to the painting, and another color triangle to identify pairs of colors that neutralize each other, since the complementary colors for these tasks are slightly different. So, ultramarine goes well with lemon yellow and other beautiful yellows, but to darken those yellows, use purple. Additional information information on this issue can be found online.
   • How many tubes of different paints do you actually need to paint a picture? In Jean-Louis Morell's book about watercolor painting shows how, using the cyan-yellow-magenta color triangle, you can get almost any desired color out of only four or five, but this can be done using the above three plus white (paper acts as white in watercolor painting)!
     • The best range of shades can be obtained by mixing colors close to the CMY primary colors, but to get a darker shade, one - or better yet, two - must be darker than these primary colors, for example, Persian blue or cobalt blue, alizarin crimson.
   • What are you writing? The colors you need depend entirely on what you're writing. For example, ultramarine, Neapolitan yellow, burnt sienna and whitewash are useful for distant landscapes if bright greens and yellows are not needed.

   What you will need

   • Palette - a disposable paper palette works well.
   • Palette knife (any size)
   • Watercolor paper or primed canvas (you can buy these from your local art store; ready-made primed canvas works well)
   • Containers with water or solvent for washing brushes
   • Synthetic brush of your choice (#8 round or #6 flat works well)
   • Spray bottle to keep water-based paints from drying out
   • Paper towels for removing dirt and cleaning brushes
   • Color circle
   • Paints
   • A robe or an old shirt that you don’t mind getting dirty
   • Gloves

Every person who has ever held a brush and paint in his hand knows that you can get a lot of shades from two or three colors. The rules for mixing and matching colors are determined by the science of coloristics. Its basis is the color wheel known to many. There are only three primary colors: red, blue and yellow. Other shades are obtained by mixing and are called secondary shades.

What colors of paint should be mixed to get brown?

Brown is considered complex; when creating it, you can use all the primary colors. There are several ways to get brown:

• Classic: green + red in proportions 50:50.
• The main trio: blue + yellow + red in equal quantities.
• Mixing: blue + orange or gray + orange. You can vary the intensity of the hue by adding less or more gray.
• Optional: green + purple + orange. This shade has a pleasant red or red tint. You can also mix yellow + purple - the color will have a yellowish tint.

What colors of paint need to be mixed to get purple?

The easiest way to get purple is to mix equal proportions of red and blue. True, the shade will turn out a bit dirty, and it will need to be adjusted.

To make the tone cooler, take 2 parts blue and 1 part red and vice versa.

To achieve lavender and lilac, the resulting dirty purple needs to be diluted with white. The more white, the lighter and softer the shade will be.

Dark purple can be obtained by gradually adding black or green to the original color.

What colors of paint need to be mixed to get red?

Red is considered a base color and is present in any artistic palette. However, you can get red by mixing violet (magenta) and yellow in a 1:1 ratio. You can also mix a carmine shade with yellow to create a more intense red. You can make it lighter by adding more yellow and vice versa. Shades of red can be obtained by adding orange, pink, yellow, and white to the base red.

What colors of paint should be mixed to get beige?

Beige is a neutral and independent color; it has many shades, which can be achieved by varying the amount of white and yellow shades added.

Most easy way get beige - mix brown and white.

To make the color more contrasting, you can add a little yellow.

Flesh beige can be obtained by mixing scarlet, blue, yellow and white. The ivory shade is created by mixing golden ocher and white paint.

Green color can be achieved by mixing yellow and blue in equal parts. The result will be a grassy green hue. If you add white color to it, the mixture will lighten. By mixing brown or black pigment, you can achieve emerald, marsh, olive, dark green shades.

What colors of paint need to be mixed to get gray?

Classic tandem for receiving gray- this is black + white. The more white, the lighter the finished shade.

• You can also mix red, green and white. The color will have a slight yellow tint.
• A blue-gray shade can be created by mixing orange with blue and white.
• If you mix yellow with purple and white, you get a gray-beige shade.

What colors of paint need to be mixed to get black?

Black is a basic monochrome color. It can be obtained by mixing magenta with yellow and cyan. Also, artists often mix green and red, but the resulting shade will not be jet black. Rich black color is produced by a mixture of orange and blue and yellow and violet. To get the shade of the night sky, you can add a little blue to the finished color, and a drop of white to lighten it.

What colors of paint need to be mixed to get blue?

Blue is the main color in the palette and it is quite difficult to obtain it by mixing. It is believed that it can be obtained by adding a little yellow to green, but in practice the result is more of a blue-green tint. You can mix purple with blue, the shade will be deep but dark. You can lighten it by adding a drop of white.

What colors of paint need to be mixed to get yellow?

The basic yellow color cannot be achieved by mixing other shades. Something similar happens if you add green to orange. Variations of yellow are obtained by adding other tones to the basic one. For example, lemon is a mixture of yellow, green and white. Sunny yellow is a mixture of basic yellow, a drop of white and red.

What colors of paint need to be mixed to get pink?

The easiest option is to mix red and white. The more white, the lighter the shade. It is important to know that the tone depends on which red you choose:

• Scarlet + white will give a pure pink color.
• Brick red + white - peach pink.
• Blood red + violet give a fuchsia shade.
• Orange-pink can be obtained by adding yellow paint to scarlet and white.

What colors of paint need to be mixed to get orange?

Orange color can be obtained by mixing red and yellow.

• A less saturated shade will be obtained if pink pigment is added to yellow paint.
• Terracotta orange is the result of mixing base orange with blue or purple.
• Dark shades are achieved by mixing red, yellow and black.
• If you add brown instead of black, you get red orange.

We vary the intensity of the tone by adding more white or black.

Color mixing table

Primary colors (blue, yellow, red) are almost impossible to obtain by mixing other shades. But with their help you can create the entire color palette!

Knowing the basic rules of color, it will be easier to understand the decoration and get the desired shade!

Have you ever thought about how professional artists work with different paints to create paintings? Do they really stock up on every possible shade of color for their work? Of course not. As a rule, they have several basic colors in their arsenal and with the help entertaining science- colorists - get hundreds of desired shades.

Purple in the color palette

This article is dedicated to the color purple, the very last color in the rainbow.

It is not basic in the palette. The main colors are blue, yellow and red. What does it mean? By mixing them you can get a huge variety of colors and shades. It is worth mentioning two more colors. It's black and white. They cannot be obtained by mixing. So essentially artists use five colors when creating their magnificent masterpieces- these are three basic colors plus black and white.

A little history

The color violet (also known as purple) is considered a cool and deep tone.

Its history is interesting and shrouded in mystery. Purple has always been considered a mystical and “royal” color.

In Byzantium, purple was called blattion and was considered imperial. Purple was very often used in stained glass windows of cathedrals in medieval times. Purple smalts can be found in Byzantine mosaics in Ravenna.

In Rus', the color purple was called yubagr. And in England in the second half of the 16th century, only members of the royal family or reigning persons had the right to wear clothes made of purple fabrics.

The color purple also has a special meaning in Christianity. It represents the seventh day of the creation of light and is considered a day of rest. This is the spiritual meaning of this color.

Among Catholic Christians, the traditional clothing of clergy is the cassock - this is a split dress to the floor. This purple robe can only be worn by bishops; it is prohibited for ordinary clergy.

How to get purple? The easiest way

Coloristics is a very entertaining and interesting science. All children love to watch how, with the wave of a magic wand, two or three colors form a completely different, fourth one. It really looks like mysticism.

For example, in order to get brown, you need to mix blue, red and yellow on the palette.

To obtain orange - red and yellow, green - yellow and blue.

But how do you get purple? You only need to mix two colors - red and blue.

The depth and brightness of the resulting purple will depend on a number of indicators:

• tones of original colors;
• quantities of one or another paint, their proportion.

How to get different shades of purple?

But artists are not content with just one shade of purple when painting their paintings. It would then not be art, not magic. Yes, they can create dozens of different tones of this mysterious color.

How to get dark purple color?

There are two ways.

1. Add a few drops of black to the red color.
2. Mix red and blue, adding more of the latter, and also adjust the intensity by adding black. The result will be a very dark, muted, but violet color.

How to get a purple tint?

When mixing red and blue paints, you need to add more red. If there is more blue in the proportion, then the purple will be brighter and more pronounced.

How to get a light purple shade?

You need to mix pink and blue paints on the palette.

How can I make the resulting color lighter?

In this case, you just need to add white to the mixture.

Features of working with gouache and watercolor

The above methods are ideal if you are wondering: “How to get purple color with gouache?” This type of paint is thick and well pigmented; the artist will have no problems adjusting the color intensity. But there is one pitfall that you should not forget about: when drying, gouache becomes lighter by several tones. This is always worth remembering when getting the desired purple shade.

In some ways it’s easier, but in some ways it’s more difficult to work with watercolors. It does not have such a rich texture as the same gouache. How to get purple paint color and desired shades using watercolor?

The working methods are absolutely the same. But if there is no white, then the pallor or saturation of the desired shade must be adjusted using water (by diluting the paint with it). And, of course, it is completely clear that you cannot achieve the same color saturation from watercolors as from gouache.

Methods for dyeing mastic purple

Confectioners often color the mastic when preparing their delicious masterpieces. And just like artists, they do not necessarily have all the shades and colors of dyes in their arsenal. To answer the question: “How to get the purple color of mastic?”, you need to determine how this delicious “plasticine” fell into the hands of the master?

If the mastic is homemade, then there is nothing easier than adding two dyes - blue and red - to the still liquid mass during its preparation. They can be either dry or gel.

If the mastic is purchased and white, then the easiest way would be to first paint two balls in different colors- Red and blue. And only after that mix them in different proportions, ultimately obtaining the desired shade.

The effect of purple color on humans

There is such a science - chromotherapy. She studies the effects of different colors on the human condition. So, purple has a very beneficial effect on almost all organs and senses.

1. Promotes more rapid production of invaluable hormones of joy - endorphins.
2. Rejuvenates.
3. Has a calming effect on insomnia and migraines.
4. It has a tonic effect on the pituitary gland and eyes.
5. Increases immunity.

But you need to use this color wisely, without overloading your space with it. In excess, the color violet can lead to melancholy.

Now you know how to get purple. You know how it affects the human body and you can successfully apply the knowledge gained in practice, be it color treatment or creating a confectionery or artistic masterpiece. So multifaceted, from soft purple to almost black, this color personifies everything sensual, mysterious and enigmatic.

Knowledge of color mixing options can be useful not only in professional activity artists. Individual design of a living space often poses the question to the designer of how to achieve this or that interesting undertone. The proposed combination options and color mixing table will help you achieve the desired effect.

Everyday life is filled with a wide range of different colors. To get the right one, you need to know the intricacies of combination.

Blue, red and yellow paint are the three pillars on which a wide palette of halftones rests. It is impossible to form these colors by mixing other colors. At the same time, combining them with each other gives an unusually large number of combinations.

Important! You can create a variety of shades by mixing only two colors by changing their proportions.

Depending on the volume of one part of paint added to another, the resulting result approaches one or another original color. One of the most famous examples is the mixing of blue and yellow, resulting in the formation green color. The result obtained when adding new portions yellow paint will gradually change, moving as close as possible from green to yellow. You can return to blue by adding more of the original element to the green mixture.

Mixing chromatic colors that are located close to each other on the color wheel produces a paint that does not have a pure tone, but has an expressive chromatic hue. Combining colors that are on opposite sides of the chromatic circle will result in an achromatic tone. An example is combining orange or purple with green. That is, a mixture of colors located closely in the color wheel gives a rich chromatic shade; the maximum distance of colors from each other when mixed leads to a grayish tone.

Individual paints, when interacting, produce undesirable chemical reaction, which may result in cracking of the decorative layer. In some cases, the resulting background may darken or turn gray. A clear example A mixture of white lead and red cinnabar is used. The attractive pink color darkens over time.

It is optimal when the impression of multicolor is achieved by mixing a minimum number of colors. At the same time, it is important to consider which paints, when mixed with each other, give a lasting result, and which ones are unacceptable to combine. The knowledge gained allows us to eliminate paints that fade or darken in the future from work.

The table of unwanted mixtures below will help reduce the risk of erroneous combinations:

Having tried the examples given in practice, future painters and designers will gain valuable professional experience.

Methods for obtaining red and its shades

Red is one of the three primary colors and is necessarily present even in minimal sets. But for mass printing, magenta tone is used. The answer to the question of how to get red is quite simple: mix the proposed magenta with yellow in a 1:1 ratio. There are other options for getting red when mixing paints:

The main red is located in the center. Next are the options for mixing. The next circle is the result of combining the first two colors. In conclusion, color options are presented when added to last result red, black or white paint.

Blue and its shades

Blue is considered a primary color, so to form all its shades you will need blue paint.

Attention! No combination of other colors produces a shade of blue, so the presence of this paint in the kit is mandatory.

Even with a set of 12 colors available, the question periodically arises of how to get blue. The classic tone is called “royal”, and comes with acrylic paints Often the main color is ultramarine, which has a bright dark shade with a purple undertone. A lighter effect can be achieved by mixing blue and white in a 3:1 ratio. Increasing the white leads to a lighter tone, up to a sky blue. If you want to achieve a moderately rich result, dark blue paint mixed with turquoise.

Let's look at what colors need to be mixed to get shades of blue:

• The effect of a dark blue-green tone is achieved by mixing blue and yellow paint in equal proportions. Adding white paint will result in a lighter shade while reducing the brightness due to the combination of the 3 elements.
• The creation of “Prussian blue” is carried out by mixing 1 part of the main blue and adding 1 part of a composition of bright green and light green. A rich and deep shade can be diluted with white, and its purity will not change.
• Combining blue and red in a 2:1 ratio produces blue with a hint of purple. Adding white allows you to lighten a dark and rich tone.
• Royal blue is distinguished by its brightness; a similar effect is achieved by mixing the main blue with mangento pink in equal parts. An admixture of white traditionally brightens the result.
• Combination with orange gives a gray mass. Replacing orange with brown in a 1:2 ratio to the base creates a dark color with a complex gray-blue tint.
• The formation of dark blue occurs with the help of an admixture of black in a ratio of 3:1.
• You can create a blue tone yourself by mixing the main color with white.

A small table of combination options is presented below:

Green color palette

Solving the problem of how to get green if it is not in the set is quite simple: combine yellow and blue. A rich palette of green halftones is created by changing the proportions of the original components and adding additional elements, performing the function of darkening or lightening. This role is played by black and White paint. The olive and khaki effect is achieved by mixing two main elements (yellow and blue) and a slight admixture of brown.

Comment! The saturation of green depends entirely on the quality of the constituent elements: intense tones of the source materials guarantee a bright result.

If green is obtained by mixing, then all subsequent undertones will be duller. Therefore, it is better to experiment with the range of green if you initially have a ready-made primary color. There are many combination options:

• A combination of blue and yellow in equal proportions produces a grassy green.
• Increasing yellow to 2 parts and adding 1 part blue results in a yellow-green effect.
• An experiment on the contrary in the form of a blue-yellow proportion of 2:1 will allow you to obtain a blue-green tone.
• If you add ½ part of black to the previous composition, you will achieve a dark green effect.
• A light green warm tone is formed from yellow, blue and white paint in a ratio of 1:1:2.
• For a similar light green shade, but a cool tone, you need to take yellow, blue and white bases in a 1: 2: 2 ratio.
• Dark olive color is formed by mixing equal parts of yellow, blue and brown paint.
• The gray-brown tone is obtained from similar elements in a ratio of 1:2:0.5.

The expressiveness of the green color is directly dependent on the original elements; accordingly, the brightness of the halftones is based on the saturation of the green. The graphic palette gives a clear idea of ​​the mixing options:

As in the case of the red circle, the main paint is located in the center, followed by mixing options, then the result of the experiments. The final circle is the shades of the previous level when adding base, white or black paint.

Other combination options

There are many other techniques to create the desired effect by adding some kind of dye to the base color. The answer to the question of how to get ivory color is multifaceted and depends on the surface where you plan to apply the paint. The simplest option is to mix a snow-white base with a yellowish one. For example, yellowish ocher or minimal amount strontium To tint paper, a small amount of potassium permanganate is diluted in water. A light pink tint indicates a correctly diluted solution. A cotton swab, brush or sponge is moistened with the resulting composition, after which the surface of the paper is treated.

Advice! For double-sided tinting, the sheet can be dipped in a container with a solution of potassium permanganate for a couple of minutes. After drying, it will acquire the desired ivory effect.

There are also several ways to get black:

• by mixing the three basic colors of red, blue and yellow;
• when combining cyan, magenta and yellow;
• a combination of green and red, but the result will not be 100% clear, but only close to the desired effect.

We will try to answer the most popular questions about mixing options:

• How to get raspberry color: the base is blue with the addition of red, white and brown tones.
• Get turquoise, whose second name is aquamarine, can be used by mixing blue and green. Depending on the proportions, the tones of the new shade range from soft pastels to intense and bright ones.
• How to get yellow? It is a basic color and cannot be obtained by combining other colors. Something similar to yellow can be created watercolor paints when combining green and orange or red. But it is impossible to achieve purity of tone in this way.
• How to get a brown tint? To do this you will need basic paints: red, yellow and blue. First, a small amount of yellow is added to the red (in an approximate ratio of 10:1), then the volume is gradually increased until an orange tone is obtained. Then they move on to the introduction blue element, 5-10% of the total volume will be enough. Minor adjustments to proportions will produce a wide variety of brown effects.
• Combining black and white elements in different proportions gives a diverse range of gray tones.

As you can see, there are options to achieve the desired effect in creative process an innumerable variety of designs. The information presented will be supplemented by a table with options for mixing colors and video: