Discover how to make colors to paint, and how to prepare any paint color you need, starting from the primary colors.
The first colors that we have to keep in mind to raise or lower the tones are neutrals, white and black.
All colors are created from others, starting with the three primary ones, red, blue, and yellow, with the combination of these we will obtain the three secondary ones that are orange, green, and purple, and from here the fan opens until it becomes immense, each slight variation in proportion gives us a different color or tone.
Once the secondary colors have been obtained, the tertiary colors and all their variations of shades can be found, if we want to do it personally, it is enough to start experimenting and note the proportions of those that interest us the most, we must take into account a series of tips as not to mix different types of paints, never an aqueous paint with another one with solvent bases, nor the plastic ones with the synthetic ones, it is always better to calculate the necessary paint of a prepared color and have the total, since if we have to reproduce it another time it is possible that it has some variation of color or tone or brightness.
The art of mixing and preparing colors is the same for different uses, the combination results in the same color regardless of the type of paint we use, mixing red and yellow we will always obtain orange regardless of the type of paint used, it must also be said that the created paint color can be stored, the paint in a tightly closed container is kept in perfect condition until use.
What do you need to make colors to paint?
- Paint knobs, temperas, paints in general.
- White
- Black
- Red
- Blue
- Yellow
- brush or brush,
- Water or solvent.
- Rag.
Instructions for making colors for painting
- To begin, the first colors that you have to have are the primary colors, which are red, yellow, and blue, apart from white and black, which are the neutral colors and we will use them to modify the tones of the new colors.
- Then we will achieve the secondary colors, a) we will mix red and yellow to obtain orange; b) we will mix blue and red to obtain purple; c) we will mix blue and yellow to obtain green.
- We will continue with obtaining the tertiary colors that are mixed at first with the proportion 1/3 – 2/3; a). lemon green is obtained with 2/3 yellow and 1/3 blue; they are more difficult to achieve and even more difficult to get a copy of another tertiary color.
- We will make the color palette, we will mix in equal parts the primary color with a secondary color and we will obtain the brown color, we will place the orange in front of the blue, the purple in front of the yellow and the green is in front of the red.
- Variations of primary colors: variations of red, if you add white to red you will get lilac, and if you add red to white you will get a pink color, and if you add a little yellow to it, you will get a more salmon color; variations of yellow, you light up a light yellow with a little red, on the contrary, you tone down a strong yellow by adding a little white; Variations of blue, if you add blue to white you get to light blue, if you add a little white to blue and a few drops of green. you get to a greenish blue, for turquoise, yellow is added to the mixture of the strong light blue.
- Secondary color variations: variations of green, if you want an apple green, start with yellow and gradually add blue until you get the desired color, if you want a deep green, start with blue as a base and gradually add yellow little by little; variations of orange, if you want a light orange, add red little by little on the base of yellow until you reach the desired point, on the contrary, if you are looking for an intense orange, start in reverse; if you want it more earthy, apply a little blue; variations of violet or purple, If you are looking for a lilac, mix blue and red in equal parts to obtain a purple, add this purple little by little to the white color until you reach the desired color, without what you are looking for is a bluish purple, you add the base color to the purple blue and on the contrary, if what you are looking for is a reddish-purple, what you incorporate is red to purple.
- Well, you only have to experiment, mix and write down the interesting colors, there are colors and tastes for everyone, all that remains is the work of preparing them.
Tips for Making Colors for Painting
- Use small amounts to experiment.
- Clean the brush well so as not to contaminate the new mixture with pigments from a previous one.
- From the colors little by little, go adding the paint in small quantities, and remember that once you add one color to another you can no longer remedy it.
- Experiment with new colors and remember that you can modify the tones by adding white or black.
- Start by making a replica of the color palette and go from there.
- Go taking notes, it is very difficult to remember everything.
- Never use different types of paints to mix and make colors.
- The paint can be kept without problems, the can must be properly closed.