When doing painting, painting or applied arts, you can often encounter the problem of a lack of one color or another. That’s when an entertaining and very useful science comes to our aid - colorism. For example, let's talk about paints.
What will you need for this?
- Paints (we'll see what's available in red and blue, you may need black and white).
- Brushes (the more, the better).
- Palette.
- Water or thinner for oil paints.
Whatever paints you paint - acrylic, oil or watercolor, you need to use it on a palette, and only then apply it to the drawing. In this case, you can adjust the intensity of the shade you need and correct it if necessary.
Paints, many were taught in art lessons in elementary school. But when we urgently need to “figure out” such a color, we frantically begin to mix all the shades in a row, getting a kind of dirty mass.
How to get purple color from paints in a few steps?
The purple color itself is secondary; in order to get it, we need to mix two primary, primary colors - red and blue.
Take a little red into your palette and add about the same amount of blue. Mix the paints thoroughly. You will get a basic one. Most likely, it will not suit you, and you will have to “modify” it.
- In order to get a lighter shade of purple, you need to add white.
- If you mix purple paint with white, you can also get purple. Depending on the amount of white, violet shades of varying intensities will be obtained.
- A soft purple hue can be obtained by mixing pink paint with blue.
There is another way to get purple from paints. To get a muted purple color, you need to mix black paint with any cold paint. For example, it could be alizarin red. You will get exactly purple, it will not be very bright and chromatic.
There is another important point in how to get purple from paints. The richness of the hues of the outgoing colors will play a big role in this. In an example it would look like this: a scarlet shade of red + light blue paint will give you a purple color with a beautiful burgundy tint. Or if you mix red with dark blue, you get a rich purple color, very close to eggplant.
If you work in watercolor and do not use white, adjust the saturation or pallor of the color using the amount of water.
And if you prefer to work with gouache, do not forget that when it dries it becomes several shades lighter, and you need to achieve a darker purple color.
Be sure to change, wipe or wash your brushes with each set of paint, then you will be pleased with your experiments.
Well, now you know how to make purple. And the situation will no longer take you by surprise.
When decorating the surfaces of walls, furniture and other objects with paint, the question arises of mixing them to obtain the desired color. It is not always possible to find the desired color or shade in stores, so you can use the mixing table. Creating color by hand from scrap paints is also cost-effective.
Features when working with acrylic paints
Acrylic paints are an inexpensive material that is easy to work with and dries relatively quickly. But the disadvantage is the narrow palette of colors, so you need to create the desired shade manually. You can get burgundy, lilac, turquoise, sand, wenge, lilac, and others by mixing colors.
There are some rules when working with acrylic:
- The surface to be painted must be smooth, clean, free of oil and grease stains. It must first be cleaned of the previous finish. It is not recommended to apply a new coat of paint over an old one;
- Before painting, the walls need to be leveled with putty, and then several layers of primer must be applied. The primer is used for better adhesion of paint and for less paint consumption;
- Before use, acrylic must be diluted with water or special solvents, but it is better to do this in a separate container with a portion of paint. This is necessary in order not to spoil the entire volume at once, but to use only as much as needed.
- After use, used rollers and brushes must be rinsed thoroughly with water, otherwise they will become unsuitable for further work. You also need to wash other tools that were used. The top of the paint bucket needs to be wiped down so that the lid can be opened in the future.
- Most often, painting occurs in 2-3 stages, and for an effective result, this must be done in one direction. To simplify and speed up the work, you can take a spray bottle.
Important! Also, do not forget about precautions; before work, it is better to cover or seal all places and objects that will not be painted. You can work with the material at temperatures not lower than 5 degrees and not higher than 27 degrees.
Another main rule of application is to use paint first on a small area or a completely separate surface. When creating the desired shade, it is better to try it on a draft. You also need to wait until it dries completely, as after that the color becomes a little darker or lighter, depending on the type of paint. And if the color matches the expected desired result, then you can start painting the surface or decorating objects.
What colors should you buy?
Tinting is the name of the science that studies mixing styles and obtaining the desired shade. It is this science that helps to obtain lilac color, as well as fuchsia, ivory, sea wave or sea when mixing colors. In theory, to create many colors, it is enough to have yellow, red and blue. But in this case, you can get a narrow spectrum.
To create a wide palette, it is enough to buy the following colors:
- Red;
- Yellow;
- Brown;
- Pink;
- Blue;
- Black;
- White.
These colors are quite sufficient for applying the basic scales. Gold, silver, mother-of-pearl and other additional colors are also used for artistic decoration of drawings.
Mixing Features
You can find out how to mix correctly and get the desired shade by consulting with a specialist in the store when purchasing.
Tip: The main rule of mixing is that you cannot combine dry and liquid colors. They don't match.
There are 4 main colors - white, red, blue and green. With their help, many others can be achieved. For example, khaki can be obtained by mixing brown and green. And you can get a brown color by mixing from red and green. Beige – take brown and white.
Working with a table
Working with the table is to find the desired color and shade, and next to it in the line, the necessary colors for mixing will be indicated. For example, you can get purple by mixing acrylic paints by mixing red and blue. And to make it light or dark, just add a little white or black color, respectively. The disadvantage of working from the table is that it does not indicate the amount of pigment added - the ratio. Therefore, when mixing, you need practice and color perception.
Here you can simply take and mix colors, first in the same proportion, and then add another for the desired shade. Or use specialized tables that have been developed by specialists for working with the material.
For example, to get orange when mixing acrylic paints, just mix red and yellow.
Color mixing chart for acrylic paints
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Color name |
Required colors |
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Grey |
White and black |
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Plum |
Red, blue, black |
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Light green |
Yellow, white and green |
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Dark-blue |
Blue and black |
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Bordeaux |
Red, brown, yellow, black |
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Dark green |
Green and black |
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Orange |
Red and yellow |
Working with paints is simple, the only difficulty is creating the desired shade, without proportions. But, if you understand the mixing table and practice, and also know the rules of working with acrylic, you can create a unique and inimitable interior design with your own hands and relatively cheaply.
Two color mixing tables
The color mixing table allows you to learn how to get the right one when mixing two or more colors and shades.
This table is used in various fields of art - fine art, modeling, and others. Can also be used in construction when mixing paints and plasters.
Color Mixing Chart 1
| Required Color | Base Color + Mixing Instructions |
| Pink | White + add a little red |
| Chestnut | Red + add black or brown |
| Royal red | Red + add blue |
| Red | Red + White to brighten, yellow to get orange-red |
| Orange | Yellow + add red |
| Gold | Yellow + a drop of red or brown |
| Yellow | Yellow + white for lightening, red or brown for a dark shade |
| Pale green | Yellow + add blue/black for depth |
| Grass green | Yellow + add blue and green |
| Olive | Green + add yellow |
| Light green | Green + add White yellow |
| Turquoise green | Green + add blue |
| Bottle green | Yellow + add blue |
| Coniferous | Green + add yellow and black |
| Turquoise blue | Blue + add a little green |
| White-blue | White + add blue |
| Wedgwood blue | White + add blue and a drop of black |
| Royal blue | |
| Dark blue | Blue + add black and a drop of green |
| Grey | White + Add a little black |
| Pearl gray | White + Add black, a little blue |
| Medium brown | Yellow + Add red and blue, white for lightening, black for dark. |
| Red-brown | Red & yellow + Add blue and white to brighten |
| Golden brown | Yellow + Add red, blue, white. More yellow for contrast |
| Mustard | Yellow + Add red, black and a little green |
| Beige | Take brown and gradually add white until a beige color is obtained. Add yellow for brightness. |
| Off white | White + Add brown or black |
| Pink gray | White + Drop of red or black |
| Gray-blue | White + Add light gray plus a drop of blue |
| Green-gray | White + Add light gray plus a drop of green |
| Gray coal | White + add black |
| Lemon yellow | Yellow + add white, a little green |
| Light brown | Yellow + add white, black, brown |
| Fern green color | White + add green, black and white |
| Forest green color | Green + add black |
| Emerald green | Yellow + add green and white |
| Light green | Yellow + add white and green |
| Aquamarine | White + add green and black |
| Avocado | Yellow + add brown and black |
| Royal purple | Red + add blue and yellow |
| Dark purple | Red + add blue and black |
| Tomato red | Red + add yellow and brown |
| Mandarin, orange | Yellow + add red and brown |
| Reddish chestnut | Red + add brown and black |
| Orange | White + add orange and brown |
| Burgundy red color | Red + add brown, black and yellow |
| Crimson | Blue + add white, red and brown |
| Plum | Red + add white, blue and black |
| Chestnut | |
| Honey color | White, yellow and dark brown |
| Dark brown | Yellow + red, black and white |
| Copper gray | Black + add white and red |
| Eggshell color | White + yellow, a little brown |
| Black | Black Use black as coal |
Color mixing chart 2
Mixing paints
black= brown+blue+red in equal proportions
black= brown+blue.
gray and black= blue, green, red and yellow are mixed in equal proportions, and then one or the other is added by eye. it turns out we need more blue and red
black= it turns out if you mix red, blue and brown
black=red, green and blue. You can additionally add brown.
bodily= red and yellow paint... just a little bit. After kneading, if it turns yellow, add a little red, if a little yellow paint turns pink. If the color turns out to be very saturated, add a piece of white mastic and mix again
dark cherry= red + brown + a little blue (cyan)
strawberry= 3 parts pink + 1 part red
Turkiz= 6 parts sky blue + 1 part yellow
silver gray= 1 hour black + 1 hour blue
dark red= 1 part red + a little black
rust color= 8 hours orange + 2 hours red + 1 hour brown
greenish= 9 hours sky blue + a little yellow
dark green= green+a little black
lavender=5 parts pink + 1 part purple
bodily= a little copper color
nautical=5h. blue+1 hour green
peach=2h. orange + 1 tsp. dark yellow
dark pink=2h. red+1 hour brown
Navy blue=1h. blue+1h. Sereneviy
avocado= 4h. yellow + 1 part green + a little black
coral= 3 hours pink + 2 hours yellow
gold= 10 hours yellow + 3 hours orange + 1 hour red
plum = 1 part purple + a little red
light green= 2 hours purple + 3 hours yellow
red + yellow = orange
red + ocher + white = apricot
red + green = brown
red + blue = violet
red + blue + green = black
yellow + white + green = citric
yellow + cyan or blue = green
yellow + brown = ocher
yellow + green + white + red = tobacco
blue + green = sea wave
orange + brown = terracotta
red + white = coffee with milk
brown + white + yellow = beige
light green=green+yellow, more yellow,+white= light green
lilac=blue+red+white, more red and white, +white= light lilac
lilac= red and blue, with red predominating
Pistachio paint obtained by mixing yellow paint with a small amount of blue
Acrylic paints are universal: you can use them to create amazing stained glass windows, paint the walls of a house, or simply paint a picture. They are easy to use and hold firmly after drying, but if a large variety of colors is required, the design will be expensive due to their price. It is not necessary to purchase all the colors - you can buy a basic palette and obtain the desired shades by mixing acrylic paint.
What colors of dyes should you purchase?
Back in school, during art classes, they taught tinting lessons when they said that when you mix red and yellow you get orange, and when you mix blue and yellow you get green. It is on mixing a variety of colors that a special artistic table for obtaining additional colors is based.
- According to this table, to create the necessary palette it is enough to purchase acrylic dyes in 7 colors:
- red;
- pink;
- yellow;
- brown (burnt umber);
- blue;
- black;
white().
These paints are quite enough to obtain the desired color by mixing. It is enough to use the art table and,.
How to work with a table
Working with the table does not present any great difficulties; it is enough to find the desired color in it, and next to it it will be indicated which paints need to be mixed to obtain the desired color. For example, you need olive-colored paint. If you look at the table, to obtain this color you need to mix yellow and green.
Everything seems to be simple. But the table does not indicate the ratios of dyes, only the names of the colors needed for mixing are given. Then what should we do? Like everyone who works with different colors of paints, you will have to develop your own color sense, which helps you choose the color in the required proportions. Acrylic paint mixing chart
- For beginners, we can advise the following:
- To create the required tone, add the tint color to the base in small portions and check the result on an unnecessary surface.
Even if the color shade as a result of tinting seemed correct, you should not immediately take on the main drawing when remixing the paint that ended during the process. It is better to wait for the control smear to dry. When drying, the color may change slightly, and then it will be necessary to carry out additional tinting of the color mixture.
When drawing, you can use a universal table suitable for working with dyes on any basis, or you can use a diagram developed by craftsmen who prefer to work with acrylic paints. But no matter what method is used, only mixing experience will help develop the necessary color sense that helps in choosing color relationships.
Features of working with acrylic dyes
- Masters who prefer to work with acrylic dyes to create artistic masterpieces have developed a special mixing scheme.
- This scheme can be divided into parts according to the creation of the desired tones:
By mixing different tones, it is possible to obtain the following color shades:
- green;
- lilac and violet;
- orange;
- earthen.
Enough for drawing? Well, it’s now worth considering the rules for mixing different colors to create each tone.
Light
Titanium white is used as a basis, and color is added to it in small portions. The less tinting paint is added, the lighter the shade will be. In this way you can get all the light shades of the palette.
Dark
Dark tones are created a little differently: black is added in small quantities to the main palette. In this way you can get any dark tone. You just have to be careful when adding black, otherwise you can create a dirty brown color instead of the desired dark brown color. However, even if the first result is unsuccessful, the second and subsequent ones will be much better, because experience comes with practice.
Having created the necessary tones, you can create the required color scheme by mixing different shades.
Green range
There is no green color in the palette of paints required for purchase; it will first have to be made by mixing blue and yellow, and the shade and further tinting result will depend on the initial ratio of the dye. What proportions to take can only be determined experimentally by mixing colors. It’s difficult to even describe all the options for color combinations, there are too many of them. You can find them in the artistic color chart, which should become the best friend of every artist and decorator.
Lilac and violet
These cool tones can be made from blue dye by mixing it with light pink paint (mauve) or a red tint (purple). You can add black or white to the resulting compositions to obtain a variety of shades.
Orange
If you mix red and yellow in different proportions, you can get an orange color, and its saturation will depend only on the original color ratio. If you add white to the result, you can create shades such as melon, peach or coral.
Earthen
Burnt umber, mixed with all components of the color palette, allows you to get a wide range from beige (a mixture of white and brown) to dark wood (brown and black).
How to work with a palette correctly
How to create the required range? There is nothing complicated about it. To work you will need:
- basic color range;
- brushes;
- container with water;
- an artistic palette for mixing colors (you can take the one that schoolchildren use in drawing lessons).
- Place white in the middle of the palette, because it is most often used for lightening and creating various undertones.
- Place the necessary dyes in the remaining recesses.
- It is necessary to mix carefully, adding color in small portions and checking the result using a smear.
- After each stirring, the brush must be rinsed in a container of water.
Mixing acrylic dyes is easy, and with a little practice you can achieve a wide range of color shades with only seven primary colors on hand.
Have you ever wondered how professional artists work with different colors 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 of an entertaining science - coloristics - they obtain 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, in essence, 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 in 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.
- Add a few drops of black to the red color.
- 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.
- Promotes more rapid production of invaluable hormones of joy - endorphins.
- Rejuvenates.
- Has a calming effect on insomnia and migraines.
- It has a tonic effect on the pituitary gland and eyes.
- 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 acquired knowledge 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.
