How to get different colors by mixing paints

Simple mixing

Before proceeding to the description of complex shades, try to understand the basic ones. It’s considered to be only three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. On their basis, we get the secondary ones:

Orange

Red plus yellow;

Green

Yellow plus blue;

Purple

Blue plus red.

If you combine one primary and one secondary color, we will achieve transitional shades: red-orange; yellow-green; blue-purple; red-purple; blue-green and yellow-orange. Often these tones serve as the basis for realistic, deep and rich colors.

Blue

It’s being used quite often. You can’t create the sky, ice, water, flowers and other elements without it.

The slightest nuance shows the credibility of the picture, fortunately we can get the desired shade of blue by mixing colors:

Turquoise

Add some green color;

If your turquoise color is close to blue-add a little bit of the green color;

Pastel blue

add white color;

Wedgwood

Mix it with white color and a drop of black paint;

Dark blue (deep)

Add a black color and a little bit of green color to the main paint;

Royal blue

A liitle bit more of black color and a little bit of green. You can dilute it with the water a little bit;

Purple

Add the paint of bright red color;

Grey-blue

Light grey and a little bit of white;

Light turquoise

It requires a blue-green base, which is mixed with a drop of yellow-green and white tones;

Turquoise-green

Add blue color to green one;

Dark turquoise

We’ll get it by mixing the blue-green and the yellow-green, adding one drop of the last color;

White-blue

The main paint is white and it’s being mixed with blue one;

Cornflower blue

We get it by mixing purple, a drop of red-brown, blue and black colors;

Lavender

Dilute purple and blue with the water.

Gray

You can find this color in the works and the interior as often as blue color. Many natural phenomena, shadows and unobtrusive coating of the walls in the apartment are created with the help of these neutral shades.

Ordinary grey

Black with white in equal quantity;

Black with a drop of white color will make gray look darker. White and a little bit of black – lighter.

 Pearl grey

Mix two monochrome colors with blue color;

Cold grey

Add grey to green color;

Warm grey

Mix grey with ochre;

Grey-green

Add white and green colors to grey one;

Grey-blue

Add white tone and the pigment of the blue paint to light grey color;

Charcoal grey

Mix a large amount of black pigment with the grey color.

Brown

Depending on what primary color you need, combine:

• Green with red paint pigment;

• The same bright red color with yellow and blue;

• Yellow paint with white, black and red;

• Mix orange with blue or grey.

Mustard shade

The pigment of yellow paint in connection with red, green and a small amount of black tone;

Golden-brown

A lot of yellow color and in equal amounts – red, green, white and blue tones;

Medium brown

Add red and blue to yellow paint, lighten it with white color and darken it with black one;

Brick brown

Add red-purple paint to the yellow-orange base;

Beige tone

You will get it if you add white to brown and then create the brightness by using yellow color;

Tobacco shade

It’s being achieved by mixing yellow, red, white and green.

Ochre

It’s a mixture of yellow and brown.

Dark chocolate

Red plus green or red (basic), yellow and blue colors.

Red

The red palette is characterized by a wide variety – from pale pink to dark purple.

Royal red

If you add blue to red color;

Royal purple

It requires blue and yellow colors;

Ordinary purple tone

You get it after adding a couple of drops of bright blue and bright yellow to the red paint;

Dark purple

Add blue and black to red color;

Pink

The basis for creating pink color is white in combination with red;

Apricot

We will get it in the process of mixing white, ochre and red;

another variant: red plus yellow, brown and white;

Rich chestnut (deep)

You will create it easily by mixing black or brown with red;

Orange-red

Combine bright red and a liitle bit of yellow. The more yellow, the lighter the tone;

Tomato shade

We create it by adding yellow and brown to the red;

Crimson

Add white tone in combination with brown and blue to bright red. The more the white pigment will be the more pink the color will be;

Berry color

It’s synthesis of scarlet, red and red-brown;

For plum color

Mix white, blue and black with red;

Red burgundy

You can have it by adding brown, yellow and black;

Rich burgundy

We create it by using red-purple and a little bit of blue-purple colors;

Yellow and orange

We can’t imagine summer landscapes without these shades.

Pure orange

We can get it by diluting red and yellow colors;

For bright orange

You need to add orange and brown to white color;

Tangerine color

We get it by mixing yellow with red and brown;

Soft salmon tone

Yellow-orange or yellow-green with red-orange and white;

Gold

We’ll get it by mixing red or brown with yellow;

Honey shade

It requires white, yellow and dark brown paint;

For lemon color

Add white and a little bit of green to yellow color;

Eggshell color

You can have it if you add yellow and a drop of brown color to the white paint;

Green

It’s created by adding yellow and blue paints. The amount of the first or the second shade affects the saturation of the resulting tone.

Mint color

Mix the green paint with the white one;

Olive color

You can easily create it by combining yellow and green colors;

Color of the grass

Mixing of blue and green paints. You can change the shades by using the yellow tone;

Coniferous shade

It’s a synthesis of green shade with black color with a small amount of yellow;

Emerald

It appears in the process of mixing drops of white and yellow pains with the main color;

Pale green

It requires yellow and blue colors and a drop of black color will give depth;

Light green shade

We’ll get it by mixing green with yellow or white pigment;

Bottle color

It’s achieved by connecting yellow and blue;

Khaki color

Khaki is based on green and brown colors. And you can get it by mixing yellow-orange with blue-green or blue-purple tones.

How to get shade using a color

In the chemical industry, color is a special highly concentrated pigment mixture which can be used to obtain any shade of paint. There are universal colors that are used for any paintwork materials. It’s added to the paint to make it acquire the desired color.

Table: what colors to mix in the color to get the needed shade

Scarlet 209* – 1, Orange 206* – 2-Chrome-yellow 235* 3, Gold 240 – 4, Sun 207* – 5, Green Apple 246 – 6, Mint 221 – 7, Dark green 213 – 8, Khaki 239 – 9, Sea-wave, 244 – 10, Sky 210 – 11, Ultramarine – 218 – 12, Blue 245 – 13, 243 Lilac – 14, Purple 216* – 15, Black-204 – 16-Dark brown-206 – 17, Brown 205 – 18, Coffee with milk – 237 – 18. Ochre 201 – 19, Violet270* – 20, Cherry-215 – 21.