Mixing gouache colors. Results of mixing red and blue colors

Beginning painters and designers are often interested in how to mix paints to get desired color. There are basic shades, when combined, a new original version can emerge. In some situations, this task arises when one paint runs out and can be replaced by mixing several options. Two or more can be used for this purpose.

How to mix paints to get different shades?

I would like to note that such a task is difficult, since some paints, after being combined with each other, provoke reactions, which ultimately have a negative effect on the result, for example, the color may become dark or even lose its tone and become gray.

Understanding what paints can be mixed, it is worth saying that yellow, red and Blue colour It is impossible to obtain by combining other paints, but they are actively used in different combinations.

Let's learn how to mix paints to get some colors:

1. Pink. To make this color come out, you need to mix red and white in equal quantities. By varying the proportion of white paint, you can obtain shades of different saturation.
2. Green. To get this color, mix blue, cyan and yellow in equal proportions. If you want to create an olive shade, then combine green, yellow and add a small amount of brown. The light shade is obtained by mixing yellow, green and white.
3. Orange. This beautiful color is achieved by combining red and yellow. The more red you end up with, the brighter the final shade.
4. Violet. In this case, you need to mix the following paint colors: and blue, and in equal proportions. If you change the proportions and add white, you can get different shades.
5. Grey. There are a huge number of options, so to get different shades, you should mix black and white in different proportions.
6. Beige. This color is often used, for example, when painting portraits. To obtain it, you need to add white to the brown color, and then, to improve the brightness, use a little yellow.

It is worth noting that the closer the colors are to each other on the color wheel, the similar their tone, which means the result will be purer and more saturated.

Let's consider the color wheel we already know

All colors are divided into:

The main ones (yellow, red, blue) - the inner part of the circle - from these colors we get the rest.

Secondary colors (purple, orange, green) - the middle part of the circle.

Tertiary (complex) colors - the outer circle and combinations of shades from different parts circle.

The components will be indicated on the sectors within the required color.

When mixing colors opposite each other in equal proportions, we get a dirty dark gray color. Such pairs of colors are called complementary.

This effect is used when it is necessary to “mute” a shade by “dirtying” it.

For example, to make blue darker, drop a little orange into it; brown is “muffled” by light green. The main thing is to understand the principle of working with the color wheel, and finding a more complex and convenient version of it on the Internet and downloading it is not difficult.

Here are some recipes for mixing colors:

yellow + brown = ocher

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 + 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

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
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

And this table contains classic flower recipes

We use

As you understand from the tables, the darker and dirtier the color, the more recipe options there are. Perhaps not everything will work out right away, you need a certain skill, but it is developed very quickly and you yourself will develop your favorite and least favorite combinations and recipes. It seems to me that the most economical way to get acquainted with mixing colors without fear of ruining something is to practice with ordinary watercolor paints.

As you gain confidence in what the end result will be, you can try enamel with acrylic. In any case, if you are not sure of the result, try it first with watercolors or gouache.

I recommend starting small - using store-bought shades, and using simple additions, learn how to make gradients of camouflage shades for color modulation, for example, for panel highlighting.

As your skill grows, you can, by purchasing a ready-made color and painting it, prepare the colors yourself as you use it up.

Always prepare the color with a small reserve - if necessary, repeating it will not be an easy task.

I don’t argue that buying ready-made shades is often easier and faster, but I prepare the color myself when:

1. The color I need is not available in the store - I don’t have the desire or time to wait for supplies.

2. It often happens that I do not agree with a particular interpretation of a shade by a paint manufacturer.

3. Manufacturers do not produce the required color (as an example - Polish khaki; moreover, paint of 4 shades was used during the pre-war year and a half of 1938-1939)

4. It is assumed that the prototype, due to operating conditions, greatly changed its color.

5. So that my collection of models does not look like one green-blue spot, I try to paint each subsequent model with a slightly different shade. The difference will only be visible if you put two models in the same color next to each other.

This knowledge is applicable and will be useful in everyday life - for example, you cannot wash colored items of additional colors at the same time - they will gradually acquire gray shades :))

Now, having studied the basics, you can return to model technologies and practice.

Painting any surface, be it painting tiles or a carefully puttied wall panel, requires certain shades of the color palette that are needed to realize the decorative idea, but were not at hand or in the construction supermarket. Creating color is possible by mixing different paints, but this requires some special knowledge. You don't have to have an art degree to know what happens when you mix blue and red, blue and yellow, or yellow and red.

Blue and red are among the three primary colors of the visible spectrum, which cannot be obtained by mixing any other shades. A notable feature of these three color bases is their ability, when mixed in equal proportions, to produce a thick and even, so-called radical black color.

Three colors - yellow, magenta (red) and cyan (blue) cannot be obtained by merging other tones.

Shades of each color can be obtained without adding black paint. Auxiliary (substrative) orange, blue and green are synthesized by mixing the main three spectral tones. Achromatic colors do not contain any color pigment and are white, black, and all shades of gray.

Paradoxical as it may sound, the mixture of three dominants perceived in the chromatic spectrum (red, blue and yellow) gives achromatic black, and the ability, with its help, to create a second tone without color - gray and any of its shades, with the help of a second achromatin - white.

In the video: how to create the desired color using the color wheel.

An artist who begins the creative process with early childhood, intuitively determines the probability of receiving various options, but most visual experience comes with age and practice, starting with trying to place colors side by side on simple drawing and ending with more complex experiments with watercolors on water and alcohol gouache.

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The answer to the question, what color will you get if you mix red and blue, depends not only on the purity of the experiment, but also on what kind of paints are used, and what kind of red and blue are taken from the source.

What influences the final color?

According to the color chart, mixing red and blue produces purple. In fact, this will only happen if the empirical experience is completely pure. By mixing in an ideal space two reference colors, defined as red (simple red, without any tint variations), and the same ideal blue, you can get an ideal and reference violet.

Purple is the red-blue color obtained in a vacuum from some ideal raw material resource.

It remains to decide on red and blue as ideal shades that will not cause individual discrepancies in anyone. But each person has his own subjective perception of the concept of color and someone will consider red, scarlet, burgundy or bright red.

Blue can have an intensity or dullness, which is defined by the names indigo, ultramarine, azure or navy blue.

If they are artist paints, whether they are made with water, alcohol or oil will affect the mixing. Acrylics look completely different, more intense, brighter, more intolerable. It is also important what surface to apply them on - canvas, paper, cardboard, or a plastered wall.

The fusion of blue and red in the construction industry will not give very similar results to the required shades if you mix red prepared in powder with liquid blue, or factory blue in an emulsion or aqueous solution. Powder plus a color solution in oil can give a beautiful shade, but far from what was expected.

The axiom of the color table, which states that by mixing two certain colors, we will certainly get a third, turns when considering certain conditions into a subjective-substrative value that depends on certain components. Even the ambient temperature can affect the result if the paint is unstable.

Getting the result

Sometimes, in order to select the required shade of the final decorative coating, a person goes to a good dozen construction stores, but the search for the desired result is unsuccessful and the expected results are not obtained.

A lot of people like the color pink. It is popular in clothing, cooking and floral arrangements, but often ready-made pink dye cannot be found in stores. The reason is that pink is actually a shade of red that naturally combines red and purple tones. Fortunately, pink paint, icing and other substances are quite easy to make yourself by mixing red and white colors.

Steps

Mixing acrylic or oil paints

Choose red paint. Different shades of red will produce different shades of pink when mixed with white paint. In your work, you can experiment with different red paints. To achieve the greatest brightness and durability of pink paint, try using a permanent oil paint alizarin red or quinacridone red acrylic paint and mix it with titanium white paint. From scarlet you can get a nice pure pink color. Brick red will produce a dirtier shade of pink that will be closer to peach.

Darker shades of red, such as bloody alizarin, produce pink with a hint of blue or purple, so they are good for producing fuchsia color.

Take some red paint. Prepare a canvas, paper or palette. Drop some red paint there. This paint will be turned pink, so keep it separate until you figure out what kind of pink it will make and how much of that color you will need.

Add white paint. Place a drop of white paint next to the red paint spot. Start with one drop so you don't waste paint. Once you've mixed it completely with the red paint, you can always add a little more white to further dilute the rich red.

Mix paints. Using a brush or palette knife, mix white and red. Start by adding a very small drop of white paint to get an idea of ​​what shade of pink you can achieve. Gradually you can add more and more white to get lighter shades of pink. However, remember that each red color has its own shade strength. Eventually, you will understand the limits of the red paint you choose to transform it into shades of pink.

• Darker colors of red will require you to use more white paint to achieve a lighter shade of pink.
• To make the resulting pink paint a little closer to peach or orange-pink, try softening the tone by adding yellow paint.
• To make pink paint closer to fuchsia or purple-pink, try adding blue or purple paint to it.

Mixing watercolors

Wet the brush with water. Dip a clean brush into a container of water. Press it into the bottom of the container to fluff up any lint, then wipe it against the edge of the container to remove excess water.

Place red and white paints next to each other on your paint mixing palette. If you are using wet tube paints, squeeze out as much red and white as you need. When working with dry watercolor paints, you can paint the required area of ​​your work red and add white to it on the spot.

Add a little red to the palette cell filled with water. When using wet watercolor paints, you need to run a wet brush over the red paint, and then dip it into a separate well of the palette with water. Do not wipe the brush dry after this. Simply brush off any excess water on the edge of the cell.

• Repeat the procedure of adding red dye to the water until you achieve the concentration you need.

1. Add a little white there too. Run the brush over the white paint. Dip it into the same cell of the palette where you added the red paint. The resulting mixture will begin to take on a pink tint.

   • Continue adding more white until you have pink.

2. Add other colors to the resulting pink paint. Whether you use wet or dry watercolor paints, you have the opportunity to create new shades of pink from them by adding drops of purple or yellow, or simply dissolving red paint in water without using white. Experiment with paints until you achieve the shade of pink you want.

   Use of food coloring

   Measure out the required portion of white matter. The coloring procedure can be carried out, for example, with materials such as icing sugar, glue or hair conditioner. The volume of the substance you measure should correspond to the volume of the product that you want to get in pink. Place it in a large mixing bowl so you have enough room to work with the dye.