How to create black. Methods for obtaining red and its shades

»we touched on the basics of drawing - what you need to do to draw about what you want. And they did it on the example of a pencil and paper. Why? Because it is easier than learning to paint with paints, because in the case of using paints, in addition to the problem " How can I draw this? the problem "" appears - so that what happens is very similar to what is intended. And in this article we will try to give an exact answer to this question.

How to get a desired color? There are two ways. The first is traditional, using the color wheel known to many:

So, there are primary colors:

• yellow
  
• blue
  
• red .

which, when mixed, give

• Orange
  
• green
  
• violet
  
• brown .

Moreover, the shades of mixed colors depend on the proportion of the primary colors. And, using the color wheel, you can get the desired color like this:

1. Take a certain amount of the main color (for example, blue )
2. Add some amount of a second base color (for example, yellow )
3. Compare the resulting green with what you wanted to get
4. Add one or another primary color to correct the hue.
5. Or simply take the desired shade of green from a tube jar.

Why does the last paragraph appear - take the desired shade from the jar? Because getting the right color by mixing the main ones sometimes happens difficult.

Basically, to start, you can get the desired color using such a color wheel. However, as skill grows, so does the need for more precise color matching. After all, with the help of the principles described, it often turns out dirt. For example, it is very difficult to get a good violet color by mixing red and blue. Or is it hard to get necessary shades green , orange, brown colors. That is, the principles do not take into account any factors that affect the result when mixing colors.

We are happy to tell you that these factors really exist, and, moreover, with their help you can cope with the problem of "dirt" and still learn to get the right colors not by intuitive mixing, but by ordinary simple sequence of actions. This sequence and the reasons for the “dirty” of the standard color wheel were not discovered by us, but by Michael Wilcox. Who wrote the book . How to get the color you really want". By the way, you can download this book by Michael Wilcox at the link Blue and yellow do not make green.

Naturally, it will not be possible to present all the material of the book in one article, so we will limit ourselves to the main points, and we recommend that you take the details from this very book by Michael Wilcox “Blue and yellow do not make green".

So, how to reliably and accurately get the right color?

For this, it is necessary to take into account an important theoretical point. Why do we see color? because miscellaneous items(including paint pigment) have different surface, which reflects light differently from the sun or other light source. That is, the surface, for example, of a bathtub, has such a structure that it reflects all colors and absorbs nothing. And all the colors of the rainbow, as we know, form white. Accordingly, the bath appears white. On the other hand, the surface of soot has such a structure that it absorbs all the light falling on it. And soot reflects nothing. As a result, we see black soot.

What happens if you mix white and soot? It will turn out beautiful grey color. Why? Because the light is reflected from the pieces of white completely, as white. And then it is partially absorbed by soot particles. The more soot in the white, the darker the gray turns out - due to the fact that more and more white light reflected by white particles is absorbed by soot particles.

Exactly the same principle works for colored pigments. Thus, red paint is red because it reflects predominantly red color. Blue color looks blue, since the pigment in its composition absorbs all colors except blue. In the same way "works" and yellow color - the pigment absorbs most colors except yellow.

Next, we move on to mixing colors. So, for example, you take blue paint and red paint. mix them up and get dirt. Why? Because the reflected red ABSORBED blue pigment in the same way as the entire incident color. Accordingly, the red pigment absorbs all the emission of blue - because the nature of its surface is so arranged that predominantly red pigment is reflected.

But you may ask: "What nonsense, because mixing blue and yellow we still get green, and according to your theory, dirt should also turn out? Well, if there were really pure colors in nature, then we would see the formation of dirt. But there is one but, which makes it possible not only to mix colors, but also to carefully and reliably select the right shade of color.

So, the pigment reflects not only one light. Light of one wavelength is reflected in greater measure. So, the red pigment mainly reflects red color. However, all other colors are also reflected (for example, violet or Orange). Exactly the same can be said about yellow color - mainly the pigment reflects yellow, but nevertheless it can be reflected in a sufficiently large amount Orange or green. FROM blue same thing - it can carry additional "harmonics" green or purple .

So there is not three primary colors. There is six primary colors:

1. Mainly reflective paint red and to a lesser but significant extent Orange .
2. Paint that mainly reflects red and to a lesser (but significant) extent violet .
3. Pigment that reflects predominantly yellow and in addition green .
4. Pigment that reflects predominantly yellow and plus additive orange .
5. Mainly reflective material blue and partially violet .
6. Material that reflects predominantly blue and partially green .

Well, have you already understood the principle of color formation?

It's very simple: you take yellow from point 3 and blue from point 6, mix these colors. Blue pigment neutralizes yellow color, yellow pigment absorbs Blue colour. Which color remains? Correctly, green! And not just green, but beautiful, bright and juicy green.

In the same way: by mixing the blue from point 5 and the red from point 2, you neutralize the blue and red colors, and a juicy and saturated color appears. violet color.

And finally: by mixing yellow 4 and red 1, you get Orange due to the fact that the red pigment will absorb radiation from the yellow, and yellow - reflected radiation from red pigment.

The result is NEW color circle of the six primary colors:

The colors have arrows that point the way for the optimal development of the "blended" color. Respectively, variety of shades is born as a result of some combination of these SIX primary colors. "Incorrect" combinations (eg blue 6 and red 1) produce muted shades of colors (eg muddy purple). The combination of one "correct" color and one "wrong" (for example, blue 6 and red 2) produces more developed shades (for example, a brighter purple). And finally, a combination of the "correct" colors (for example, blue 5 and red 2) produce a clean and bright color(bright and beautiful purple).

Naturally, reading the article is not enough to master getting the right color. It is best to read the book Blue and yellow don't make green» Michael Wilcox Plus Do practical exercises on the selection of colors described in the book. However, our question has been answered.

Black and White color and consider the actual absence of color. Therefore, the question of how to get black can be answered that it is possible to get only a color close to it by mixing several.

For the artist, this color means the darkest, and for scientists - the absence of color. Black is an achromatic shade that absorbs all light. According to the absorption of the light flux, it is opposite to white, which completely reflects the light and radiation falling on it. In the natural environment, there is a material close to it in tone - this is Vantablack dark carbon, which absorbs 99.96% of incident light and other radiation.

Back in the Renaissance, masters of painting tried to get black paint and concluded that it was impossible to make it from other paints. Therefore, they used burnt bones, from the soot of which they made paint of a matte black tone.

Today, black paint is made industrially from natural carbon pigments such as graphite and carbon black.

Color models

In practice, there are 2 main color models:

• RGB- additive, the basis of which is the superposition of rays reflected from the surfaces of objects. It is used in computer monitors, contains the main colors: R-red, G-green, B-blue. The remaining colors and shades are obtained by overlaying.
• CMYK- subtractive model, which is based on the physical mixing of pigments, with white being the absence of color, and pure black obtained by mixing cyan (C-blue), magenta (M-magenta) and yellow (Yellow) tones, K (key color) - key. This system is used in the printing industry and printer printing.

What colors to mix?

To get a black color that is close to ideal, you can go by mixing paints of the following colors:

• Red and green - the resulting tone will be close to the desired one (in fact, it turns out to be very dark, and if you look closely, it is not quite ideal).
• Blue, yellow and red - if you take these 3 primary colors, then mixing them will also allow you to get a fairly saturated color scheme.
• Additional colors (brown, purple, blue) - you need to mix them in small quantities, then you get an approximate color.

You can use for mixing any paint intended for drawing or household purposes: acrylic, gouache, watercolor and oil. If there is no ready-made dye of a classic tone, then there are a lot of options for how to make black paint from others.

To obtain a pure color, you will have to work hard and select the necessary proportions, gradually adding different colors.

On the video: what colors to mix to get black.

Shades of black

There are many shades that differ slightly from the classic black, which will allow the artist to add originality to his work. Historically, the following shades have developed:

• Slate - essentially it is a dark gray, the name comes from the slate-aspid, which was used earlier in the manufacture of the school board.
• Caramasy - synonyms "black", "black -haired".
• Anthracite is a highly saturated color with some sheen.
• Bull blood is a black and red color scheme.
• Bardadym - the name of the king of black suit in the game of cards.

Modern shades of black differ from those previously used:

• Soft black - to get it, you need to mix the following colors: turquoise, pink and yellow colors, sometimes they add a little white.
• Medium - pink, ultramarine and light yellow paints are mixed for it.
• A rich color can be made not only from the three primary colors (chromatic), but also with the help of red, yellow and blue colors.
• Blue-black - obtained by mixing brown and dark blue.

Many shades of dark and light gray can be made by experimenting with adding white paint or adding a little water. Experience will show what colors and shades are obtained.

Primary color mixing (1 video)

What colors to mix to get black?

Black and white colors are also called the absence of color as such. If you want to get black by mixing other colors, then this can be done by mixing three colors - magenta, yellow and cyan.

You can get black by mixing red and green color a. However, in this case, the color will not turn out 100% black.

If you need to get black from other paint colors, then you will need only three colors for this, namely:

There are also two more paints when mixed, which will turn out black - red and green. The only thing is not quite black, but very close to it.

If there are no paints with black, and you need it right now, then black can be obtained by mixing paints of other colors. In order to get black, you need to mix colors such as blue, red and yellow. From these three popular colors of paints, we get the desired black color.

To get black color, one color, we need to have as many as three others available: this is cyan, yellow and magenta.

• If you mix only blue and yellow, you get green
• yellow + magenta gives us red
• mix magenta and cyan to get blue
• well and get black color if you mix all these three colors.

If you mix red, blue and green in equal proportions, we get a pure black color, but it will not be saturated.

If you need black color in paints for drawing, then you can make it yourself. To do this, take Activated carbon(in tablets) and dissolve it in vodka.

So you can get black paint for drawing.

If you are faced with the need to get black by mixing different shades of paint, then to get black you will need to mix three colors, among which:

1) Purple color;

3) And blue color.

And here is the mix:

To get black, you can mix all the colors that are available with the exception of white, white will turn black into gray. You can also mix red with green, or you can also mix yellow, magenta and cyan.

Using additive color mixing (RGB model), black color can be obtained only at zero intensity of all three components. This is a mixture of colors, a matter of taste. Using subtractive color mixing (CMYK model) black color, theoretically, is obtained by mixing the C, M, Y components with maximum intensities. What happens in practice is very different from black, so in practice, blacK is added to the colors Cyan, Magenta and Yellow - a rich black color.

what colors can be mixed. to get black?

Comments

if you don’t need it right now, you can buy black dye))

Blue, red and green in equal proportions - you get a pure black color)))

There are 4 primary colors: yellow, red, blue and black. White separately. When mixed, they get additional colors(green, orange, purple, brown, etc.) and their shades. Therefore, black cannot be obtained, no matter what colors you mix.

what nonsense. Blue, red and green in equal proportions. That's pure black.

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Rayda, thank you very much. you saved me.

In the future, buy all the same black paint and no problem

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Moms and not only, tell me how to get black, I need to make a layer of black, what to add or what to mix. Thanks

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What colors should be mixed to get black?

What colors should be mixed to get black?

1. red+blue+green=black
2. light gray and brown stir to black for a long time or just mix dark colors for a very long time you get black

when mixing yellow, magenta and cyan dyes

5 proportions of red, 1-3 blue will be a little blue or a little red, then add a little yellow 0.5-1.

I had a case when black paint ran out in the Leningrad watercolor, so I still learned how to get black by mixing two colors (I don’t remember exact names) : It is purple, and appears dark green.

Speaking of mixing colors.
By mixing paints of three primary colors of cyan (a shade of cyan), yellow and purple (a shade of magenta) or any color of the first order with its additional color of the second order (spectral yellow + spectral violet for example). But this can be done only in the theory of subtractive synthesis with ideal colors (in the mathematical model, that is). In practice, this is not possible due to physical and chemical properties dyes.

In polygraphy, when mixing the three primary colors, a dirty brown color is obtained, and to obtain black and its shades, an additional paint (according to English Key) is used - translucent black. Deep dense black is obtained by mixing all 4 colors.

In painting, special black dyes are used: black mars and soot, and all the many shades of dark brown.

In projectors and monitors, black is the absence of a signal and therefore no light. (but this is already an additive synthesis - a mixture of light rays of different wavelengths, where the sum of all the colors of the spectrum gives white)

In printers this is done by mixing yellow magenta and cyan (or red green and blue)

All colors must be mixed.

in painting - red, yellow and blue.
In the printing industry (for printing machines) - cyan, magenta and yellow. But then it turns out unsaturated black, grayish. Some percentage of black is usually added to it. Hence the CMYK palette

To get a black color, you need soot. And mixing all colors, or individual ones, does not achieve the effect of blackness.

Soot is amorphous carbon, a product of incomplete combustion or thermal decomposition of hydrocarbons under uncontrolled conditions. In large quantities, it is used for the preparation of black ink in the printing and paint and varnish industries.

What paints need to be mixed to get black

Even a beginner knows that all shades can be made with just three. base colors- blue, red and yellow. You only need to know the rules for combining paints and the right proportions. But in practice, everything can turn out to be more complicated, and instead of the required color, a grayish, achromatic tone is obtained. It is also difficult to find by mixing colors the right way how to get black. Finished paints will be similar to it, but not 100%.

Black color features

Natural black (charcoal) is, in fact, the absence of color - scientists say so. This achromatic tone is the exact opposite of white. If the latter reflects the overwhelming amount of light rays, then black, on the contrary, tends to absorb them. There is no absolute black color in the world, while the darkest carbon vantablack is very close to the "ideal" - it absorbs 99.965% of the sun's rays, microwaves, radio waves. That is, this material reflects the minimum possible amount of light, therefore it is considered the blackest on Earth.

Black dye is made from various carbons, it is these substances that make it possible to obtain all types of paints of the desired tone. Most often used soot, graphite. Formerly artists they got matte black from burnt bone, and there was no darker tone. Today, the production of minerals is on stream, because in any art store you can buy paint, pencil, plasticine or a dark-colored felt-tip pen.

Color models and color synthesis

Scientists "brought" two basic color models, allowing you to create all sorts of tones and shades. Color synthesis involves the use of one of the models:

1. RGB, or additive. It implies the imposition of light rays on each other in a certain order, with a set intensity. The main range of colors fits into the standard (basic) - red, blue and yellow. Additive synthesis is used in monitors, but making black in the same way as the rest will not work. Black, according to RGB, is the absence of reflection.
2. CMYK, or subtractive. All tones are obtained by mixing paints in a physical way. Black is created by adding all other tones, and white in this system is the absence of color. This model is used in typography, its main tones are cyan (cyan), yellow, magenta (magenta).

Subtractive mixing method

This method of adding colors involves creating fewer tones than is possible with RGB. In theory, such a model involves getting black if you mix a number of other colors. But when the pigments are actually mixed, it is not a black tone that comes out, but a dark brown, with a brown glow, which will be very noticeable when diluted.

Therefore, in a printing house where the subtractive method is used, a key tone is added to this mixture - real black in finished form. No color-mixing ink can replace true black, as printers have long known.

Combining paints to make charcoal

If you read manuals for beginner artists, you can find an indication everywhere: no combination of colors will give a 100% black tone. But there are tables with information on which colors to mix in order to create the darkest possible shade, close to black.

The easiest way involves connecting red, blue and yellow paint. Gouache, oil are best suited, and watercolor will be too transparent, will not give the necessary depth. Any base color set will work, although artists often use cyan, magenta, cadmium yellow, royal blue, and alizarin red.

• put on a white palette a drop of each paint (take an equal amount of all colors) at a short distance from each other;
• gently mix the colors with a brush, spatula;
• mix the materials for at least 15 seconds so that there are no streaks, using circular motions.

If you need to lighten the black a little, a drop of white paint is injected into it. To give tone natural sky add a drop of blue or purple pigment. To draw a night forest, a little green is added to black, and a little orange is added to draw the rays of the sun on a dark surface. Of course, the expressiveness of such blackness will be less; for a rich tone, it is better to buy a ready-made color scheme in a store.

There are other methods to get the desired color:

• red + green;
• purple + brown;
• blue + orange;
• purple + yellow;
• blue + brown.

All the resulting tones will be close to black, but not ideal; upon closer examination, it is easy to reveal a “fake”. In the first option, it is better to take red alizarin and emerald. But the finished color scheme can still have a shade of one of them or become olive, purple, brown.

According to artists, the best color scheme is obtained by mixing blue and brown paint, regardless of its brand and specific type. At the same time, the more brown, the “warmer” the blackness will be. On the contrary, blue greatly “cools” the finished color scheme. Dilution of this color with water gives an excellent gray tone.

Shades of black

Professionals distinguish a lot of shades of the darkest dye. Not so long ago, artists denoted such tones:

• slate (with an admixture of gray);
• anthracite (with gloss);
• bovine blood (mixed with red).

Now colorists and artists create completely different colors, their range has seriously expanded. With the introduction different colors charcoal will not be so dark, but brownish, bluish or with a hint of purple. Many shades are obtained by introducing white. Here are interesting variations of a dark tone:

• soft charcoal - to create it, mix turquoise, pink, yellow, add a drop of ready-made black;
• medium coal - combine ultramarine, reddish, light yellow, add a little blackness;
• black and blue - combine brown and blue, and the second color should be 2 times more.

Mixing colors is easy, and experimenting is always fun. In practice, you can choose the necessary proportions to make the required color scheme for the drawing - even a schoolboy can do it.

Very individual and depends on how human eye perceives rays reflected from various surfaces. There are surfaces that do not reflect rays, but absorb them. When they are absorbed, a person sees. That is why black is called a "dead" color or "lack of color."

Therefore, the answer to the question of how to get black from paints will be the following: real black cannot be obtained by mixing any other shades of the spectrum. However, it is possible to create dark shades, which in contrast with others create a feeling of black. To find out what paints need to be mixed to get black, you should turn to the theory of art and the psychology of color perception.

Color models and color synthesis

There are two models of color synthesis, that is, obtaining new colors and shades.

Additive - a model for obtaining color, based on the addition and superposition of rays reflected from the surfaces of objects. This model is used in monitors and screens, its main color range is RGB. Additive color synthesis is based on three main lights: red, green and blue. By superimposing and mixing these rays, all other shades are formed, except for black. In this model, black is considered to be the complete absence of reflection.

Subtractive - a model based on a mixture of physical pigments and paints. It considers white to be the absence of color. And black is obtained by mixing all the basic shades. So what colors do you need to mix to get black? In the subtractive model, the primary (or primary) hues are magenta, cyan, and yellow.

Subtractive mixing method

Compared to additive color synthesis, the subtractive model produces fewer shades. In addition, the theoretical or mathematical model of subtractive synthesis is fundamentally different from what is obtained in practice. For example, theoretically mixing three primary colors should result in black. However, in practice, this color comes out very dark brown.

The subtractive method is used in printing and polygraphy, where it is very important to achieve true black. In order to get it, a “key” is added to the three primary colors. It is from here that the name of the main range of the subtractive model is CMYK, where C is cyan (cyan, in Russian it is called blue or greenish blue), M is magenta (a shade of purple), Y is yellow (yellow), and K is key color (key color). In this range, natural black is key. Asking how to get black from the colors of the chromatic spectrum, the printers realized that no shade obtained could replace natural black.

Three primary colors

According to the theory of art by Johannes Itten, there are three primary colors, when mixed, all other colors of the spectrum are obtained. Itten singled out red, yellow and blue as the main ones. Subsequent theories determined that the ideal primary colors were purple (magenta), cyan (cyan), and yellow. It is they who are called primary - colors that reflect a larger spectrum and which cannot be obtained by combining other shades.

In fact, red and blue are not primary. They absorb more light than they reflect, but despite this, they are still often referred to as primary colors and are used to create the rest of the color wheel.

Note: White and black are not included in the spectrum and are called achromatic. How to get black from paints has always varied and depended on the many existing on this moment theories.

pure colors

By early theory the pure colors were red, blue, yellow and green. It was believed that they could not be obtained by mixing other shades. Later, with the development of technology, it turned out that the three primary colors that cannot be obtained are magenta, cyan and yellow.

Modern color theory distinguishes three primary, three secondary chromatic and one achromatic - black. What colors to mix to get black varies. Everything works in comparison, from mixing primary hues to mixing red, blue and yellow, or even red and green.

The secondary colors are green, blue and red. Green is obtained by mixing yellow with greenish-blue. Magenta and cyan make blue. And by mixing purple with yellow, you can get red.

In theory, the question of how to get black from paints is solved by mixing the three primary colors in their ideal shades. These are cyan, magenta and yellow. However, it is practically impossible to get the perfect black by combining others. In typography and painting, natural black is used.

natural black

Black is actually the absence of color. The more light rays the surface of an object absorbs, the darker it appears. In nature, there is no absolute black color, but the darkest carbon Vantablack is as close as possible to one hundred percent absorption of light, it reflects only 0.035% of the rays.

The main natural pigments from which black paint is made are carbons. Among them, the main ones are graphite and soot. Artists at the dawn of painting thought about what paints should be mixed to get black, and came to the conclusion that black cannot be achieved. At times High Renaissance painters mined black from burnt bone. It was the darkest available during the Renaissance.

Thanks to modern technologies, interior designers become real wizards. In the blink of an eye, they will make any room stylish and original. AT recent times more and more attention is paid to color design. The most popular are non-standard shades that can be obtained by mixing colors.

Process Basics

Manufacturers of paints and varnishes presented a fairly wide range on the market. But it is not always possible to choose what is ideal for the interior. Combining multiple shades will save time and money.

In many specialized stores, you can use the services of a specialist who will help you make the right color. But if you know the basic rules of how to mix dyes, you can do it at home with your own hands.

One thing to keep in mind when mixing important rule: do not combine liquid products with a dry mixture. They have various indexes, so the coloring composition may eventually curl up.

The most interesting part of the process is creating the desired shade. There are four primary colors:

• white;
• blue;
• red;
• green.

By mixing them, you can get any others. Here are illustrative examples:

1. Brown is obtained by combining red and green. For a lighter shade, you can add some white.
2. Orange is the result of mixing yellow and red.
3. If you need green, you need to combine yellow and blue paints.
4. To get purple, you need to mix blue and red.
5. Red and white will result in pink.

So you can mix ad infinitum.

Mixing acrylic materials

Designers love acrylic paints the most. They are very easy to work with, the finished coating has excellent water-repellent properties. Their use has several nuances:

1. The work surface must be perfectly flat and smooth. To do this, it needs to be sanded.
2. It is important that the paint does not dry out.
3. To get an opaque color use undiluted paint. Conversely, for transparency, you can add a little water.
4. To be able to slowly choose the right color, it is recommended to use. Thanks to him, the tool will not dry so quickly.
5. To distribute the paint, use the edge of the brush.
6. Mixing is best done with a clean instrument. In this case, the colors should be directed towards each other.
7. To do light tone, you need to add a white dye to the solution, and to get a dark one - black. It is worth remembering that the palette dark colors much wider than the light ones.

Here are some examples of mixing acrylic-based colorants:

1. Apricot color is obtained by mixing red, yellow, brown and white.
2. The recipe for making beige paint involves combining brown and white. If you need a bright beige, you can add a little yellow. For a light beige shade, you need more white.
3. Gold is the result of mixing yellow and red.
4. Ocher is yellow with brown. By the way, it is considered popular in the current season.
5. Khaki can be made if mixed green dye with brown.
6. Magenta requires three different colors: red, yellow, and blue.

Mixing oil paints

Oil-based paints are more fluid, which necessitates more thorough mixing of the compositions if mixing tones is performed. The specificity and properties of oil colors give the following advantages:

• the tone will be the most uniform, so the paint is perfect for decorating any surface;
• if desired, you can leave streaks in the paint, which will allow you to create unusual effects on a canvas or wall.

Oil stirring

Before work, it is important to evaluate whether it is possible to combine individual tones with each other, what will be the result. If you introduce a little glossy paint into a matte one, the result will be inexpressive. Adding a matte paint to a shiny one helps to make the latter a little more subdued.

It is possible by such methods:

1. Mechanical. In one dish, on the palette, different colors are combined by mechanical mixing. The saturation of the finished mass is adjusted by adding brighter or lighter shades.
2. Optic. This method is practiced only by professionals. Paints combine to obtain a new color when they are applied to the canvas, wall.
3. Color overlay. By layering strokes, a new tone is created.

Features of mixing paints

The mechanical method is the simplest, therefore it is recommended for beginners. When using color overlay, the result may differ from what was intended, which must be taken into account in advance. You can apply the glazing method - first apply a darker color, then lighten it with strokes light paint. Better practice in connection oil paints on their small portions, learn how to create original effects, and then proceed to create paintings or decorate the interior.

The working process

By mixing several different colors, you can get a large number of a wide variety of shades. What?

shades of gray

Quite often used in interior design. Help to create a shadow or unobtrusive color, as well as:

1. You can create regular gray by mixing black with white.
2. To create cold shades, you need to add a little green to gray, and for warm ones - ocher.
3. Grey-green is gray with white and green.
4. Gray-blue - gray, white and a little blue.
5. Dark gray is the result of mixing gray and black.

brown tones

To dye, you need to mix:

• green with red;
• red with blue and yellow;
• red with white, black and yellow.

How to create other original tones:

1. Mustard will turn out if you add red, green and black dyes to yellow paint.
2. Tobacco shade is red, green, yellow and white.
3. Golden brown is the result of combining yellow, red, green, white and blue. In this case, there should be more yellow pigment.

Red tones

1. The basis for the pink shade is considered to be white. Red is added to it. The brighter the desired shade, the more red should be added.
2. To get a rich chestnut, you need to mix red and black.
3. Bright red-orange color - red and a little yellow. The more of the latter, the paler the result will be.
4. You can give the dye a purple tint by mixing a few drops of bright blue and yellow flowers and red pigment.
5. To create crimson, according to the recipe, you need to mix bright red + white + brown + blue. The more white, the pinker the shade.

Deep green is formed when yellow and blue tones. The saturation of the finished dye depends on the amount of each of them. To create shades, you need to add other colors to green:

1. For mint you need white.
2. To get an olive color, you need green and a few drops of yellow.
3. A shade of grass can be obtained by mixing green with blue. Yellow paint will help even out the color.
4. The color of the needles is the result of mixing green with black and yellow.
5. Gradually mixing green with white and yellow, you can make an emerald tone.

purple tones

Purple is made by mixing blue and red. You can also use blue and pink paints - the final color will be light, pastel. To darken the finished tone, artists use black paint, which is added in very small portions. Here are the nuances for creating shades of purple:

• for light purple, you can dilute the finished color with white in the right ratio;
• for magenta, you need to enter more red paint than blue.

Orange color

When creating a classic orange, they combine one part of yellow and red paint. But for many types of paint, you have to take more yellow, otherwise the color will turn out to be too dark. Here are the main shades of orange and how to get them:

• for light orange, take pink and yellow, you can also add a little white paint;
• coral requires dark orange, pink, white in equal proportions;
• peach needs colors such as orange, yellow, pink, white;
• for red, you need to take dark orange and a little brown.

Important rule

Many people ask the question: is it possible to mix paints and varnishes from different manufacturers? It is desirable that the dyes to be mixed be made by the same company. It's even better if they are from the same batch. Mixing dyes from different companies is not recommended. Often they have different properties, such as density, brightness, etc. Because of this, the finished coating may curl.

If there is a desire to take a chance, you can combine a little bit of one and the other paint and apply the resulting solution to the surface. If it thickens or clumps, the experiment is not a success.

Computer help

You can mix several colors correctly using special computer programs. They help you see final result and determine in percentage terms how much of one or another tone needs to be added. Such programs will help you figure out what shade can be obtained from the funds that are available. They consist of several elements:

1. A button that removes tones from a set.
2. Color names.
3. Lines of input or output to or from a calculation.
4. samples.
5. A button that introduces colors into the set.
6. Result windows.
7. New selection window and list.
8. The composition of the finished dye as a percentage.

Mixing several various colors- a fairly common technique among designers. Unusual shades will help to advantageously decorate the interior, make it original or even unique. You can mix dyes even at home. There are many recipes for creating a particular shade. For example, to get beige, you need to combine white and brown, and for pink, white and red.

It is recommended to always have a thinner on hand to prevent the paint from drying too quickly. Do not mix products from different manufacturers, because the result will be a poor-quality coating. To find out the final result of mixing, you can use a special computer program.

Prepare red, blue and yellow paint. Pure black is the darkest, but different black depths can be achieved by mixing other inks. In this case, the resulting black color will be influenced by the specific shades of red, blue and yellow paints used. At your discretion, take oil or acrylic paints or watercolor.

• The use of cobalt yellow, madder rose and cobalt blue will create a soft black, while the combination of cadmium yellow, alizarin red and royal blue will give you a rich black.
• If you only have a basic set of paints, any shades of red, blue and yellow will do. Fairly common shades of red and blue are purple and cyan.