Since childhood, everyone knows how to get certain shades by mixing different colored paints. But few people know how to get White color and is this possible in principle? This question may arise for novice artists and designers who are interested in the possibility of obtaining the desired colors.
The market for paints and varnishes offers a wide range of different colors and shades. It is not always possible to choose the color that best suits a specific task. Combining different colors to achieve the desired tone or shade comes to the rescue.
There are 4 primary colors, the combination of which can lead to the creation of almost the entire palette:
- red;
- green;
- blue;
- white.
These are the primary colors of the optical spectrum, included in the range of visible light radiation. Separately, it is worth noting the yellow color, which is also the base color for most color shades.
On video: how to mix colors correctly.
When studying the light spectrum with a magnifying glass, on a computer or TV screen, you can see that a white pixel seems to consist of different shades. Thanks to this effect, many began to think that when mixing basic colors In any case, the result is white. It does not matter what dye is used for such mixing.
Combining and mixing colors of the visible spectrum
A fairly well-known optical experiment consists of quickly spinning a circle, sectorally divided into 7 colors in the order of their arrangement in the rainbow. A rotating disk colored in this way is visually perceived as white. The multi-colored circle is transformed into a monochromatic white one. This effect is used when overlaying the main components of the spectrum on a television screen or monitor: red, blue and green.
To obtain a white tone, a combination of multi-colored light is used. The result in the form of white color is obtained due to additive mixing, that is, due to the “addition” of the shades used. Obtaining new colors when mixing paints is carried out under the influence of the opposite principle, subtractive mixing, when colors suppress each other.
Therefore, when printing digitally or inkjet printer impossible to truly receive white background. By default, it is assumed that the media, for example, paper or cardboard, has the desired tone and the dye is simply not applied to the corresponding area of the sheet of paper. To print directly in white, special toners with the appropriate dye are used.
Mixing coloring compounds
A combination of red, blue and green paints will give a shade closer to the contrasting black or dirty brown. The primary colors will simply absorb each other. Even obtaining beige tones that are as close as possible to the desired one is only possible by mixing white paint with other shades.
This applies to any composition, be it oil paint, watercolor or acrylic. Mix different shades to get white paint is impossible, and existing reviews about combining primary colors are based precisely on the application of light radiation, and not on coloring compounds. To understand how to make the desired color scheme, what colors to mix to get this or that shade, you should carefully study the corresponding tables of the paint manufacturer. It depends on the specific composition of the individual manufacturer what paints need to be mixed to get the desired tone.
There is no need to guess what colors need to be mixed to make the resulting paint white. If you take and mix the basic tones, the result will be paint of a brown, incomprehensible shade, which, most likely, will not be needed in the work.
Basic colors for coloring compositions mean that other shades are obtained on their basis. It is almost impossible to obtain the main color itself, so white, red, blue, green and yellow paints must be contained in any working palette. It is more than possible to get almost any shade by mixing only these paints.
Rules for mixing colors (1 video)
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 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 beige colour. 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 into 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. Serenevy
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
How to get orange color and its shades in 10 photos + table of all possible derivatives. How to get coral, peach, terracotta and red colors? The influence of white, black and brown in color composition.
Orange color is obtained by mixing red and yellow, but you can get a shade of this color (soft and quite light) by adding pink to yellow paint. Subsequently, all the main saturated shades of orange are in one way or another connected with red, yellow, pink, and white. More complex and darker tones are obtained using purple, brown and black.
How to get orange color by mixing paints: red and yellow of the desired tone?
Everyone knows that the main gradient of orange lies within red-orange and yellow-orange. Since the color is obtained from two colors, depending on the percentage of each color there is a shift in one direction or another.
Of course, all the resulting shades from the primary colors (in our case, red and yellow) will be paler. However, orange consists of 2 warm tones, the waves of which are not very different (the opposite would be blue and yellow to create green), and even in the second order it looks quite catchy.
Mixing acrylic paints for drawing:
How to get yellow-orange and red-orange?
It is believed that to get classic orange, you need to take 1 part yellow and 1 part red. However, in practice it turns out that you have to take more yellow than red. In the palette you can always choose the desired tone by adding yellow or red to the mixture.
How to get light orange color?
This tone comes in a wide range of pastel shades. They are built using white, but there are also Alternative option: mix pink and yellow, the resulting shade is a soft orange tone, belonging to the light range:
Another option would be to add yellow and white.
Usually in a palette of 12 colors there is already an orange tint, which is much brighter than the color obtained by mixing, so when constructing shades we will use the already existing one.
In my palette of glossy acrylic paints there is a bright red-orange tone. To get light orange tones from it, I will need to mix red-orange, yellow and white:
How to get coral color?
Although this shade is closer to pink, its construction is completely tied to the orange color, and there are 2 scenarios for obtaining it:
1) Complex: take red-orange, pink and white approximately equal parts(when you mix, adjust the shade by eye, the main thing is to mix the paint thoroughly).
2) Red-orange is close to scarlet, and scarlet is a shade of red. Red, when mixed with white, produces pink, and coral can be called a light shade of pink with an orange undertone.
IN in this case coral will lean closer to orange, but still remain a luxurious tropical shade.
How to get peach color?
Another light and subtle shade of the main color. Peach belongs to the soft pastel palette, standing out from it with its sophistication, it has long been loved and entrenched in our imagination. Its construction consists of 4 colors:
1) Red + yellow + pink + white
2) Orange + yellow + pink + white
3) Coral + yellow + white
How to get terracotta color?
Let's move on to dark shades orange. One of interesting options– this is terracotta: a medium-dark, but rich complex red-orange shade is obtained by mixing violet and red-orange:
Adding a drop of white will help make the shade lighter.
How to get red color?
Red color has an orange undertone. If you take Brown color and mix it with red-orange, the resulting shades will be dark but rich. You can adjust the tone by adding yellow color.
How to get dark orange color?
You can adjust the brightness of shades of orange using black: either to complete darkness or simply dim the brightness. This is necessary to create contrast.
If you want to tone down light shades: mix white with black to a gray mass and bring it into the working tone.
Table for obtaining orange shades when mixing colors:
Practice in color science is irreplaceable, but theory can give you an understanding of how this or that tone is built.
In the center is the main color from which the color is built. The first circle of colors is the shades with which the color is mixed in the proportion indicated below. The third circle is formed by tones that were obtained by mixing the main color and the first circle in a smaller proportion than the third. On the sides of the color at the end of the beam, the same color with the addition of black (darker) and white (lighter).
How to get other colors and their shades: theory and practice. Click on the icon.
What to do if the color scheme does not meet the requirements of the owner or customer. Is it possible to get the desired shade yourself? Blue and cyan tones are the most optimal today and correspond to the perception of many people. But how do you get blue by mixing colors?
If there are many tones, you may not have the one you need at hand.
So, you need to prepare paints, a palette, water and be patient; only diligence will contribute to the desired effect. To get blue, follow these guidelines:
| Available colors and their characteristics | What to mix with | Note |
| Ultramarine – has a slightly dark purple tint and rich color | For one part of the existing paint you need to take 2 parts blue and one part pure white. |
The more white there is, the lighter the tone will be. |
| To obtain dark blue, you need to prepare black and blue colors | To do this, you need to add a part of black to 3 parts of blue. | If there is a need to obtain darker tones, it is recommended to increase the number of black parts |
| Light blue or light blue tint | The percentage of blue and white depends on the desire to obtain the appropriate color scheme. It should be taken into account that the more white is added, the lighter the paint will be. | It is worth diluting blue with white gradually. You need to mix until you get a suitable shade. |
| If desired, get gray-blue paint | To do this, it is recommended to take part brown and 2 parts blue. | Mixing orange and blue colors is not recommended, the shade will turn out dirty and will not satisfy the desired needs |
| Bright blue shade | It is obtained from ultramarine and red paints, taken at a ratio of 2:1 parts | When you add white, the shade becomes paler, but it all depends on personal wishes |
| How to make a blue-green shade | To do this, you need to prepare three parts blue, one green and two white. | This one is more reminiscent of blue, and the green it contains becomes almost invisible |
| To obtain blue paint, you can prepare green and yellow colors | For three parts green, it is recommended to take part yellow |
The resulting color scheme will look a little dirty, but if necessary, you can use this option |
| Turquoise | Blue and green make turquoise shades | Light and dark tone depends on what color was added in larger quantities |
About receiving flowers
For pictorial art, you can vary the tonality using gouache countless times, this is necessary for the artist to show the corresponding details in a different way.
A number of tips for the artist:
- When paints are made differently, for example watercolor and oil paint, it will not be possible to mix them, because they have a different base. Therefore, to obtain the desired shades, you should select paints produced in one binder, that is, oil with oil, water with water, in order to avoid unnecessary chemical reactions.
- To obtain colors with different shades, you can add white paint to the base as many times as you like. The resulting tone can also be diluted with other colors, if required.
- To create a picture that is perceived by the eye, you need to mix a small amount of colors, then it will be perceived more realistically than a multi-colored picture that does not carry information. An experienced makeup artist knows this.
- If you need to partially repaint, for example, the base of the canvas, in a single tone, and the color has already been set, then how to make sure that individual areas coincide with the main tone. This is a very long and labor-intensive process, and the likelihood that it will turn out exactly the way it was before is practically zero, no matter what you do. Therefore, there is no need to waste time; it is recommended to simply repaint the intended background again.
A little about the psychology of work
When performing any task, it is impossible to do without difficulty. What incredible efforts are required for the artist to ensure that the painting reflects his thoughts and feelings. Therefore, the result obtained by mixing paints is important; it also carries a lot of information.
On video: how to mix colors.
- If the resulting shade fails, then you can take a break, get distracted a little and a solution will definitely come to mind.
- In the absence of desire better job don't start.
- Think only about drawing.
These are the main points that a person of art must master.
Beautiful combinations of blue flowers (1 video)
Wall decoration is becoming fashionable in interior design various types plasters and painting them with paints. But not always in construction stores you can choose the palette you like. Don't despair. Modern technologies allow you to get the desired result. Mixing colors of standard shades allows you to achieve the desired result. The next question arises, how to mix paints to get a beautiful tone? Let's try to get an answer.
There are quite a lot of tones. But the production of paints is based on the use of standard colors. Nowadays, non-standard colors are in fashion, which can be obtained by mixing dyes. The following expert recommendations will tell you how to mix colors correctly.
It has been known since childhood that the basis of all tones are three colors: red, blue, yellow.
To get other options, you need to know the rules for mixing paints. The combination of basic dyes gives a wide range of different undertones.
The secret to creating a new color scheme by mixing colors is to use basic dyes in different proportions. For example, when mixing the colors blue and yellow, we get green. If you continue to add yellow to the resulting substance, you can get tones that are increasingly closer to it. It all depends on the volumes that are connected.
On video: how to get a new color.
The nuances of combining dyes
Mixtures of colors of chromatic shades that are placed next to each other in color wheel, give a fairly bright palette. If you mix the dyes that are on opposite sides circle, we get achromatic tones, that is, with a predominance of gray.
To get the desired result, you need to understand not only color scheme, but also ensure that the solutions are suitable in chemical composition. IN otherwise You may get unexpected results. If the color initially turns out bright when mixing paints, then over time it begins to darken and turn gray. For example, a combination of lead white and cinnabar red color initially gives a bright pink, but after a while it will lose its saturation. This also applies oil paints. They are very susceptible to solvents.
The best option for achieving high-quality rich colors is to combine minimum quantity paints Comparability of materials is required. A color mixing table will help you select them.
Traditional palette mixing options
When getting a color yourself, you need to know the rules for mixing paints. Let's look at common options for getting the desired color.
Reds
Red is a representative of the main color. To obtain different red shades, you must follow the following rules:
- The tone of carmine, which is as close as possible to fuchsia, is combined with yellow 2:1. The result is red.
- Connecting pink color with yellow, we get orange.
- To get scarlet, you need to take red and yellow in a 2:1 ratio.
- To achieve a red palette with a soft effect, red and pink paint are mixed. To achieve more light tone, then it is better to add white paint.
- If you add dye to the main red paint dark color, then we get burgundy.
- You can achieve dark red by mixing red and purple colors in a 3:1 ratio.
Blue
There are primary colors, which include blue. To get what you need blue color you need to use this base color. We get blue by adding white to the blue palette. As the volume of white increases, the shade will become lighter. To obtain a moderate tone, use turquoise instead of white.
For getting blue flowers and shades, you must follow the following scheme. Add to blue:
- yellow and we get blue-green;
- red, we end up with purple;
- orange will provide gray;
- black will give the opportunity to form dark blue.
Greens
How to properly mix paints to obtain green and its shades. The basic rule is to mix yellow and blue dyes. A bright palette of green shades is achieved by combining primary colors in different volumes and adding additional dyes. Additional colors- it's black and white.
How to get khaki color? To do this, two elements are combined: yellow and blue, with the addition of brown tinting. The amount of substance is important for the result obtained. Olive color can be obtained by taking green and yellow tones. Making a mustard shade is more difficult. Red, black and a little green are added to yellow.
Green is not a primary color. To obtain it, paint colors of yellow and blue are mixed. But, to obtain a rich green tone, it is necessary to use industrially prepared green paint. If you made the green paint yourself, the tones will not be bright.
Mixing dyes that have white and green tints makes it possible to get light green, and if you add a little yellow, you can admire light green.
Other shades
Let's look at other tones. Which shade is one of the most popular? Gray tone is very often used in the interior. It turns out if black is mixed with white. The more white, the lighter the result will be.
Gray, which has a silvery metallic tint, is also very often in demand. Silver color when mixed will result if you use various additives, for example, antimony.
So, in order to have the color that suits a particular interior, you need to mix dyes. The recommendations given above will tell you which colors to mix to get everything right. The resulting colors will delight the owners for a long time.
How to get the right shade (1 video)
