Brown color, although not bright, is quite popular. It is used when renovating an apartment, for painting interior items, when painting with acrylic and other paints and gouache, when dyeing hair, as well as other actions. To get brown, use the mixing technique. The colors are both dark and light, and we will find out which ones later in the article.

One of the main and easiest ways to make brown is mixing green and red dye I. These colors are available in any palette of paints, from construction paints to those intended for painting on paper canvas. The use of dark green and dark red is not permissible, otherwise we will get a color close to black, but not dark brown.

The next method is to mix 3 dyes: red, blue and yellow. This method follows from the previous one; instead of green, we use blue and yellow, which when mixed give green, and as a result we get the color formula described above. This combination of colors is good when the palette runs out of green.

Another way to make brown is to mix orange and gray or orange and blue, which is more appropriate for a regular paint palette.

The last way to get classic brown is to combine purple and yellow paints. Instead of magenta, you can use violet. This option is less popular because it is difficult to control the resulting color when mixing, the slightest overdose and the shade is no longer the same.

Making shades of brown

A traditional palette is good, but its use is not always required, for example, when painting a wall in a hallway, a lighter tone would be more appropriate, but to give a picture realistic colors when depicting the earth, dark paint is usually used. Below are instructions on how to make brown darker or lighter:

• How to get dark brown color? Let's not reinvent the wheel and propose the most effective method - adding a black component. We recommend mixing in small drops, otherwise you risk ruining the resulting paint and will have to throw it away. After adding a small dose of black, mix thoroughly until the consistency is homogeneous, only then decide whether you need to darken it further.
• How to get light brown color? Here we will also follow the well-known path and propose a method for using white or white dyes. Adding brightening colors can be done more intensely than darkening ones. This is due to the fact that if you lighten the brown too much, you can always go back a couple of shades darker. The main white paint is white paint; in addition to it, you can use yellow - which will give an ocher tint, red - will give shades of rust, and blue will make it deeper and more contrasting.

For art lovers, together with Olga Bazanova, we have prepared a video lesson on mixing brown from other colors:

Pros and cons of mixing brown

As strange as it may sound, making your own brown paint is not always the best idea. Let's look at when it is profitable to mix, and when it is better to buy ready-made dye:

• • You paint with acrylic paints on canvas - here you can make brown and its shades in any quantities and portions of colors;
  • You are making repairs and there are excess paints left from which you can get brown for use in the intended design;
  • You do whatever you want, but the color palette presented in stores doesn’t contain what you need;
  • If the design of the room includes brown walls, then you should not buy other colors to mix them; there are enough brown paints in hardware stores to choose the right one;
  • If you dye your hair, you should not mix different components, even of the same shade, unless this is provided in the instructions;
  • If you are not sure in advance that you will use brown.

Secrets of mixing colors

• • • 1. To make beautiful brown paint, use precise proportions.
      2. If you achieve the desired tone, then add the “thinner” color a little at a time, otherwise you risk ruining everything.
      3. Try to test the resulting dye on a small area to be painted, because the color in the jar and on the surface may differ.
      4. When working with a painting, you can combine paints directly on the canvas, thereby achieving an interesting effect.
      5. Before combining other paints, read the instructions; the color of the dried paint may differ from the one applied, this should be taken into account.

Conclusion

There are many ways to obtain brown colors and shades; they can be used for any painting work, but you should focus on the feasibility of mixing or purchasing ready-made ones. In addition to the main mixture, you can make many shades from light to dark, from contrasting to deep. Don’t be afraid to experiment, because all the famous masterpieces of interior design, painting and fashion items appeared as a result of a large number of tests. Tell us in the comments, what paints do you use to make your brown dye?

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

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

Working with paints is a fascinating process. Remember how you played with watercolors as a child, mixing paints. You can also play now. Mixing colors can be useful for renovations, hobbies, etc.

Primary and secondary colors

As you know, there are three primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and three additional colors (purple, orange, green). These are the basic colors. By combining them, you can get all the other colors and their shades (in theory, yes, in practice the situation is a little different). In the figure, the primary colors are represented by circles, and additional colors are formed at the intersection of the pairs. These pairs show how mixing the colors of the main row produces additional ones.

In practice, mixing colors is an interesting process, but often the result is difficult to predict. We work with paints, and they are a mixture of a coloring pigment and a binder base. That is, they have their own properties due to the presence of that very base. After all, paints come in different colors - oil, acrylic, aniline, etc. Accordingly, the result will be slightly different. When you work with paints from the same company for a long time, you can almost accurately predict what will happen if you add this or that component.

It is also worth remembering that if you mix light rather than paint, the result will be different. Paints are only a reflection of light and not all laws work with them in the same way.

Obtaining additional colors: orange, purple, green, their shades and brown

Pairwise combination of primary colors gives us additional shades:

• Orange is obtained by mixing red and yellow.
• You get purple if you add blue to red.
• Green can be obtained by mixing yellow and blue.

Mixing colors should be in equal proportions. In this case, we get a “neutral” tone. If you are not satisfied with the result obtained, you can add one of the components, “shifting” the shade in one direction or another.

Please note that red and blue do not always produce purple. Often this mixing of colors produces a “mud color.” This is because your red contains yellow, that is, it is not the main one, but only one of the shades. To get purple, there must be pink or purple instead of red. On the other hand, mixing pink and yellow will not produce blue. So to get a specific color, first experiment with a small amount of paints. Once you are sure of the result, you can repeat it as needed.

If we add to the resulting additional colors the primary ones that are already present in them, we get the same color, but of a different shade. We didn't introduce any new colors, we just changed the concentration of one of the existing ones. This is how we get mixed colors: yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green and light green.

What happens if you add one that is not in it to the additional colors? The result will be a mixture of all available primary colors, and it will give us a brown color (when working with light it will be gray, but with paints it will be either brown or very close to it). So, to get brown, you need to mix all the primary colors: yellow + red + blue. Or add “missing” to one of the additional ones:

• add yellow to purple;
• to green - red;
• add orange to blue.

That is, to get a brown color, you can mix three primary colors or add the missing primary color to the additional ones. Interestingly, if you mix the same light waves, you get gray light. But paints are only a reflection of light, so there are certain differences.

Color wheel - how to make it

If the colors - primary and secondary - are placed in a circle, according to how they turned out, we get a traditional color wheel. We divide the circle into 12 parts. At the vertices of the triangle, fill the sectors with primary colors.

Their derivatives, obtained from equal shares of neighboring colors, are in the center of the sector. These are called “first-level complementary colors.” To the right and left of them we place the shades that were obtained by adding another part of the corresponding component. This is how we get our own color wheel.

Please note: mixing paints from different companies gives different shades. Therefore, creating a color wheel is useful if you are going to be working with certain paints for a while. Looking at the result and knowing how you got it, you can understand what you can add to get the desired shade.

Getting shades

All colors that exist in nature are called chromatic. This is all the variety of colors and their shades. In nature, three colors are not found in their pure form - white, black and gray. They are called achromatic. By adding achromatic colors to others we get different shades.

For example, we get pink by adding white paint to red. For blue - add the same white to blue. And so with all the colors that are present in the color wheel. The lighter the shade we want, the more white paint. Sometimes - for very light shades - it is easier to achieve it by adding the desired dye to the white paint. These light shades are called pastels.

To obtain pastel shades with a “dusty” effect, gray is added to the primary colors. Please note that multiple achromatic colors can be added. For example, we got the desired “degree” of pale purple, then added a certain amount of gray to it. The tone was a little more subdued.

If you need to turn a saturated color into a dark one, add black to the base color. This is where you have to be very careful, add a little at a time, stirring thoroughly.

How to mix paints to get the right color

Everything described above can be easily implemented in practice if you need “simple” colors, which are obtained from mixing primary and secondary colors. Adding achromatic ones to them will not be difficult. By experimenting with the amount of “additives”, you can eventually get exactly the shade you wanted. By the way, try to find your color in a small amount by mixing on the palette. At home, the palette can be replaced with a plastic plate. If you are mixing paint for interior use (on walls, for example), once you get the color you like, apply it to a small area and let it dry. You will see that the color has become a couple of shades lighter. And this must be taken into account when creating your own shade.

How to get shades of red

We remember that red is one of the three main colors. It is impossible to obtain it by mixing some paints. It can be obtained as a pigment from natural sources. Using it as a base, adding other tones, we get its different shades. How to mix paints to obtain the desired colors (chestnut, raspberry, plum, pink, etc.) is indicated in the table.

Please note that some shades based on red - plum, for example, are difficult to classify as its shades. However, it is in red that the remaining components are added. In contrast, raspberry, which we are accustomed to consider one of the red shades, is made on the basis of blue. These are the games of color.

Separately, it is worth mentioning how to get a burgundy color. Its base is blue, add yellow and red. By changing the number of different components, we get different shades. To obtain dark tones, add brown or black; for brighter variations, add more red.

Shades of the green palette: mixing colors to create shades

As we remember, green is not a basic color. This is the primary color, which is obtained by mixing yellow and blue paints. And herein lies the difficulty: different numbers of components produce different colors. It is extremely difficult to obtain the same one. If you don't have a base green and you get it by mixing it, it should be enough to complete the whole job.

Please note that in the paint mixing table, in some places the base color is green, in others it is yellow with the addition of blue. The difference is in the amount of color. If the main color is yellow, there should be more of it.

There is no mint color in the table, but it is quite popular. Essentially, mint is a lightened shade of turquoise. We get turquoise from blue by adding green. By mixing white with it, we get its various gradations. You can add a little (just a little) yellow, blue, green to them. It will all be the same color, but with a different “sound.”

But colors are a strange thing. You can try other options. It all depends on what you are mixing - paints, clay, plasticine... So, for a light mint, here are some options you can try:

• white + blue + green + a touch of emerald or brown to tone it down;
• white + emerald + light blue (blue);
• beige + turquoise + white + a little light green.

There are many options, since “tinted” colors are already used. If you have them (in paints, for example), then why not. You can go step by step - create the same emerald or turquoise, and then add others. In general, for beginners in color, it is easier to work with basic colors. Then experience and instinct will come. And so you can collect a lot of material for experiments.

Blue and its shades: mixing colors

As we remember, blue is one of the primary colors - it is one of the three basic colors, on the basis of which we get all the richness of the palette. Moreover, “blue” can be dark or bright. Accordingly, the result is different. This is the case when, depending on the base, you get really different colors.

Not all options are included in the table. Let's add some:

• We get light blue by adding white paint.
• Cornflower blue - we get it if we add red-brown to purple and a drop of blue and black.
• To get blue-green, mix yellow (1 part) and green (2 parts).
• We get classic blue by mixing purple and blue in equal proportions. If you add some more white, it becomes light blue (or blue-white).

Of the blue palette, turquoise is of particular interest. It is obtained by combining blue and green. The shades must be “pure”, then the result will be spectacular. This color is on the border between blue and green. Some shades have a predominant blue, while others have a predominant green.

To get a dark shade, add brown or gray. The result will be different. For a warmer and lighter shade, you can try introducing beige.

Mixing Colors: How to Get Purple

As we wrote at the very beginning, by mixing blue and red, we get purple. Everything is good in theory, but when you start, mixing colors gives the wrong result. And the whole point is what shades of red and blue to take.

For example, if the blue is dark, the result will be very saturated, almost black (first line in the picture below). If you add white to it, it will lighten, but the result will be gray-violet. Even if you add more red, it will only “clear up” to eggplant. But we won’t get a brighter one this way.

If we add blue to the same red, we get medium purple. And again, it is not bright, but dark and rich. By introducing more red, we get plum. If you lighten it white, it will be a warm, but still dim shade. This is a little more interesting, but still not the same.

We get a more cheerful light lilac if we mix pink and blue. Double the amount of red gives amethyst. These colors are well diluted with white, resulting in a whole range of pastel shades.

But how do you get vibrant shades of purple? It is difficult to achieve this by mixing basic colors. The basis is bright lilac, to which different colors are added.

Blue-violet or cornflower blue will turn out if you add blue to lilac (far left). Paired with indigo we get a cool version, adding pink we get amethyst. By adding red, we will have berry. All of these colors can be made lighter by adding white paint.

What you shouldn't do is add yellow paint to purple. We get the “color of mud” - indistinct and incomprehensible. Very carefully using black. He quickly reduces all resulting shades to dark gray. If you need a darker shade, it is better to add dark indigo.

How to get gray by mixing colors

One of the very necessary colors is gray. It is added to bright colors to obtain less saturated shades, it is used as a base, as it is neutral and serves as an ideal tone. But “gray” is not just one color. There is a whole range of them too. First of all, we get gray color if we add a little black paint to white. But this is far from the only way to get gray. Mixing colors of an additional level also gives it, and with different “backlighting”.

And that is not all. Gray has no fewer shades than blue or red. They are not as bright as others, but the difference is still there and quite noticeable.

Making gray from white

Likewise, there are neutral, warm and cool tones. If you want warm shades, add orange or pink to gray. If you only need a subtle shade, there should not be a lot of color. By adding more of it, you get “dusty” or pearly shades. These are called gray-blue, gray-pink, etc.

The resulting colors can be made lighter by adding white paint. Such “mixed” colors will be a good background for creating an interior. In a lighter version, they can be used as a base, adding accents that match the shade.

Mix paints to get yellow and orange colors

Yellow is one of the primary colors, but it can be achieved by mixing green with orange. But usually yellow is included in the set; it is almost always there. His palette includes another very popular color - orange. It lies on the border of two colors - red and yellow. By mixing these paints in different proportions, we get the whole range of shades. By adding white, we lighten it to the required level.

To obtain darker shades, add brown to orange or yellow. Not black or gray - they quickly extinguish the color, turning it into an incomprehensible something. Sometimes you can get a darker shade by adding dark red paint. Interestingly, you can get a bright light orange by adding yellow to pink.

By the way, orange is also often included. It is usually brighter than what can be achieved by mixing primary colors. If you need bright shades, you will have to use it. For example, coral. It belongs to the red group, but color mixing is carried out on the basis of red-orange. Pink and white are added to it. We take all paints in approximately equal quantities. The second option for obtaining coral color is simpler - add white to scarlet. But it turns out not so bright.

Such a complex brown color

Brown color can be obtained by mixing three primary colors in equal proportions. We get a “medium” brown. It cannot be classified as either warm or cold.

But mixing colors of the second and third levels can also give one of its shades.

• When we combine red and green, we get almost the same shade.
• Orange and blue in equal proportions produce reddish brown.
• Almost the same color, but cooler, is obtained from gray and orange mixed in equal quantities.
• We get chocolate if we add dark indigo to light brown.
• We get red-brown if we mix green and bright orange in equal parts and add a little less lilac.

Dark brown can be achieved by mixing yellow and red and adding a drop of black. To avoid it being too dark, add a little white.

Interesting shades can be obtained if the “presence” of one or two components is increased in brown, obtained by mixing primary colors (red, blue and yellow). By adding white, we get interesting options.

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.

The easiest way to get beige is to 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?

The classic tandem for getting gray 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!

The paint mixing table allows you to create a huge palette of bright shades from 3 basic colors. It is very exciting! The main thing is to choose the right paints according to the color mixing table.

Artist's Workshop: Magic Lessons

1. The combination of two adjacent colors of the spectrum produces shades with different intensities of these colors. For example, yellow and orange when superimposed produce yellow-orange or orange-yellow, depending on which of these 2 colors predominates. If you mix in equal proportions 3 shades located next to each other on the color wheel, for example, yellow, red and orange, you will get the same orange, but dirtier.

2. When white is added to any color, pastel shades of varying intensities are obtained.

3. By mixing 2 primary colors in equal proportions, which are separated by 1 shade on the color wheel, we get exactly the intermediate color that separates them. For example, red + blue = purple.

4. An equal combination of 2 contrasting colors (located opposite each other on the color wheel) always produces gray with a tint of one of these colors. For example, red + green, blue + orange, etc. Interestingly, if you mix complementary colors in a 2/1 ratio, you get absolute gray (without additional shades).

5. 3 primary colors located next to each other, when applied in equal proportions, also form gray, for example, green + yellow + orange. Pay attention to the striking pattern: harmonious color combinations (which you can get using the color wheel) when mixing those included in them shades give a gray color - balancing, they absorb each other.

Creating new colors using a paint mixing table

As we already know, there are only 3 colors that cannot be obtained by mixing others. But from them you can create all other shades. These magical colors are red, yellow and blue. By the way, by mixing them with each other in equal proportions, you can get black. How to create all the other shades of the palette, see the table:

The color mixing table and color wheel are used not only in painting, they are simply irreplaceable when tinting and mixing decorative plaster in construction, in perfumery and soap making, when dyeing fabrics, batik, etc.

Color spectrum: revealing the secrets of the rainbow

Isaac Newton, passing light through a prism, received a multi-colored beam called a spectrum. For the convenience of combining colors, a continuous line of the spectrum with all its transitional tones was turned into a circle. As you know, in the color spectrum there are three primary shades (red, blue and yellow), and when they are mixed in pairs with each other, three more secondary shades are obtained (green, orange and purple). It is these 6 shades that form the color wheel, and each of them has complementary colors (blue and red-violet, yellow-green, purple, red and yellow-orange, blue and yellow-green). Newton, by the way, identified 7 colors, adding blue to the spectrum, which, along with the six main ones, is considered the color of the rainbow. By mixing these shades, making them darker or lighter to varying degrees, you can get a full range of colors.

I would like to immediately make a reservation that the division of the spectrum is arbitrary and depends on the characteristics of our perception. A person can identify up to 1000 tones in the color spectrum. It is interesting that reptiles and birds do not distinguish blue shades, and some fish see everything around them in red. It is believed that for cats the colorful world around us looks dimmer, but they can distinguish a huge variety of shades of gray.

Color spectrum table

The colors of the spectrum are called chromatic, as opposed to achromatic (from Latin, “without color”): white, black, gray. The order of shades in the spectrum is always the same, starting with red and ending with violet.

Shades on the color wheel from green-blue to blue-violet are considered cool, from yellow-green to red-violet - warm. This division is quite arbitrary and depends on what associations these colors evoke in us: red-orange fire, yellow sun, blue ice, blue ocean abyss. Did you notice that when we separated colors we didn't mention green? And this is no coincidence. Pure green (which, by the way, is extremely rare) is considered neutral. A drop of yellow makes it warmer, a drop of blue cools it down.

The color wheel is extremely important in a designer's work. With its help, you can not only determine harmonious color combinations, create the desired atmosphere in the room or an attractive image, but also influence perception by skillfully emphasizing the brightness, purity, beauty of color, enhance its intensity by adding complementary shades, balance cold tones with warm ones, etc. d. This magic is not difficult to learn even without being a designer, and it can be used not only in interior or clothing design. With the help of the color wheel, anyone can create harmony in the apartment, correctly combine colors in clothes, manicure, makeup, etc. For example, blue eyes will be emphasized by orange-coral lipstick or peach eyeshadow, and a scarlet dress will be refreshed by a green-turquoise scarf.