Acrylic paints are versatile: they can make amazing stained-glass windows on glass, paint the walls of a house, or simply paint a picture. They are easy to work with, hold firmly after drying, but if a wide variety of colors is required, then the drawing will be expensive due to their price. It is not necessary to purchase all the colors - you can buy the main palette, and get the desired shades by mixing acrylic paint.

What colors of dyes need to be purchased

Even at school, in drawing lessons, they taught tinting lessons, when they said that when you mix red with yellow, you get orange, and when you mix blue and yellow, you can get green. It is on mixing a variety of colors that a special artistic table for obtaining additional colors is based. According to this table, to create the necessary palette, it is enough to purchase acrylic dyes of 7 colors:

• red;
• pink;
• yellow;
• brown (burnt umber);
• blue
• black;
• white().

These paints are quite enough to get the necessary color by mixing. It is enough to use the art table and,.

How to work with a table

Working with the table does not present great difficulties, it is enough to find the desired color in it, and next to it it will be indicated which paints need to be mixed to obtain the desired color scheme. For example, you need olive paint. If you look at the table, then mixing yellow and green is necessary to obtain this color scheme.

Everything seems to be simple. But the table does not indicate the ratio of dyes, only the names of the colors needed for mixing are given. Then how to be? Like everyone who works with different colors of paints, you will have to develop your own color perception, which helps to choose the color in the required proportions.

Beginners can be advised the following:

1. To create the desired tone, add a tint color to the base in small portions and check the result on an unnecessary surface.
2. Even if the color shade as a result of tinting seemed correct, you should not immediately take on the main drawing when the paint that has ended during the work is being mixed. It is better to wait for the control smear to dry. When drying, the color may change slightly, and then it will be necessary to carry out additional tinting of the color mixture.

When drawing, you can use a universal table suitable for working with dyes on any basis, or you can use the scheme developed by masters who prefer to work with acrylic paints. But whichever method is used, only the experience of mixing will help develop the necessary color perception, which helps in choosing a color ratio.

Features of working with acrylic dyes

Masters who prefer to work with acrylic dyes to create artistic masterpieces have developed a special mixing scheme. This scheme can be divided into parts to create the desired tones:

• light;
• dark.

By mixing different tones, it is possible to obtain the following color shades:

• green;
• lilac and purple;
• orange;
• earthen.

Enough for drawing? Quite, it is now worth considering the rules for mixing different colors to create each tone.

Light coloured

Titanium white is taken as the basis, color is added to them in small portions. The less tinting paint is added, the lighter the shade will turn out. In this way, you can get all the light shades of the palette.

Dark

Dark tones are created a little differently: a small amount of black is added to the main palette. In this way, you can get any dark tone. One has only to carefully add black, otherwise, instead of the desired dark brown color, you can create a dirty brown. However, even if the first result is unsuccessful, the second and subsequent ones will be much better, because experience comes with practice.

Having created the necessary tones, you can create the necessary color scheme by mixing different shades.

Green gamut

There is no green color in the palette of paints necessary for acquiring, it will first have to be done by mixing blue and yellow, and the shade and further tinting result will depend on the initial ratio of the dye. What proportions to take can only be found out empirically by mixing colors. It is difficult even to describe all the options for color combinations, there are too many of them. You can find them in the artistic color chart, which should be the best friend of every artist and decorator.

Lilac and purple

These cool tones can be obtained from blue dye by mixing it with a light pink dye (purple) or with a red tint (purple). Black or white tone can be added to the resulting compositions to obtain a variety of shades.

orange

If you mix red and yellow in various proportions, you can get an orange color scheme, and its saturation will depend only on the original color ratio. If white is added to the result, it is possible to create shades such as melon, peach or coral.

earthen

Burnt umber, mixed with all the components of the color palette, allows you to get an extensive range from beige (a mixture of white with brown) to dark wood (brown with black).

How to work with the palette

How to create the necessary scale? There is nothing difficult in this. For work you will need:

• basic color range;
• brushes;
• container with water;
• an art palette for mixing colors (you can take the one that schoolchildren use in drawing lessons).

1. Place white in the middle of the palette, because they are most often used to lighten and create various halftones.
2. Place the necessary dyes in the remaining recesses.
3. It is necessary to mix carefully, adding color in small portions and checking the result with a smear.
4. After each mixing, the brush must be rinsed in a container of water.

Mixing acrylics is easy, and with a little practice, you can learn to achieve a wide range of colors with just seven primary colors.

To get purple, you need to mix red and blue, or red and blue containing tones, the main thing is that they do not have a yellow undertone, which, as an additional color to purple, will give a grayish or brown undertone of the resulting paint.
Violet requires pure colors, and even then the result will be paler than its derivatives, and if it is necessary to lighten and darken the paint, then the resulting product will be of the third order and even paler. Based on this, it is better to create shades of purple from the purple paint available in the kit.

How to get purple dye?

Mix red and blue to get dark purple
Bright red and rich, dark indigo result in a dark, almost black purple. Moreover, even diluting it with white, it will reluctantly lighten to a gray-violet hue.

Dark blue "devours" all the lightness and saturation of the brightness-red, and even if we increase the influence of the second (add red to the resulting purple tone), we will not get purple or saturated red-violet, but almost barely distinguishable in its dimming eggplant color. If it is diluted with white, we get a gray-red-violet.

Mix red and blue to get medium purple

Intense reds and intense blues result in a medium purple that is much more sensitive to the addition of undertones.

From medium purple, you can already get rich plum and its lighter colors:

Mixing pink and blue colors we get lilac, amethyst
To achieve lighter yet richer shades of purple, the best way to get it is to mix warm pink and deep blue, resulting in a light lilac that is easy to whiten and does not lose much of its intensity.

So you can create a whole range of pastel colors.
Red will help you achieve amethyst tones.

How to mix colors to get vibrant shades of purple?

All shades of purple obtained with the help of red and blue containing tones do not differ in brightness. Therefore, in a set of 12 colors there is always a bright lilac from which you can build the entire diverse range that the purple palette contains.
A rich, cool dark purple can be obtained by mixing bright purple and dark indigo.

Intense blue-violet or cornflower blue is obtained by mixing with blue.

Pronounced amethyst is made from warm pink.

Purple, berry - from the main tone + rich red.

Bright cormorant will be a derivative of lilac + red + indigo.

You should not use yellow and all yellow-containing tones (orange, green, brown, etc.) in the construction of shades of purple, since it is an additional color, as a result of mixing which we will get brown.

Light shades are also much more convenient to obtain from the paint available in the arsenal.

Black is best not used for dark purples, as it quickly clogs the shade to dark gray. For this, dark indigo is more suitable.

Table for obtaining purple shades when mixing colors

This table will show you how the color should theoretically behave when mixed with other tones. This will help you navigate your beauty experiments.

In the center is the color from which the building is going, around it are the colors that will be further mixed with the main one in the indicated proportions: the first circle of purple colors is mixed with the front ones standing in a forgiveness ratio of 100% to 50%, the next circle after them: at the end of the beam hue from 100% to 20%, from it darkened and shaded tones to 20% white and 20% black.

How to get other colors and their shades: theory and practice. Click on the icon.

Decided to take up painting or painting furniture? But don't know how to get different shades? The paint mixing charts and tips will help you do just that.

Basic concepts

Before you start studying paint mixing tables, you should familiarize yourself with some definitions that will make it easy to understand a new material for yourself. The words used in the theory and practice of blending shades are explained below. These are not scientific encyclopedic definitions, but transcripts in a language understandable to an ordinary beginner, without the presence of complex terminology.

Achromatic colors are all intermediate shades between black and white, that is, gray. In these colors there is only a tonal component (dark - light), but there is no "color" as such. Those where it is are called chromatic.

Primary colors are red, blue, yellow. They cannot be obtained by mixing any other colors. Those that can are composite.

Saturation is a characteristic that distinguishes an achromatic hue from an identical lightness. Next, consider what a paint mixing table for drawing is.

Spectrum

Paint mixing tables are usually presented as a matrix of rectangles or squares, or in the form of shade combination schemes with numerical values ​​or percentages of each color component.

The underlying table is the spectrum. It can be depicted as a stripe or a circle. The second option is more convenient, visual and understandable. In fact, the spectrum is a schematic representation of a beam of light decomposed into color components, in other words, a rainbow.

This table contains both primary and secondary colors. The more sectors in this circle, the greater the number of intermediate shades. In the figure above, there are also gradations of lightness. Each ring corresponds to a certain tone.

The hue of each sector is obtained by mixing neighboring paints along the ring.

How to mix achromatic colors

There is such a painting technique as grisaille. It involves the creation of a picture using gradations of exclusively achromatic colors. Sometimes brown or another shade is added. Below is a table of mixing colors for paints when working with this method.

Please note that when working with gouache, oil, acrylic, a grayer shade is created not only by reducing the amount of black, but also by adding white. In watercolor, professionals do not use this paint, but dilute

How to mix with white and black

In order to get a darker or lighter shade of the pigment that you have in the kit, you need to mix it with achromatic colors. This is how gouache works, mixing acrylic paints. The table below is suitable for working with any material.

There are a different number of ready-made colors in the kits, so compare what you have with the desired shade. When adding white, you will get the so-called pastel colors.

Below is how the gradation of several complex colors is obtained from the lightest, almost white, to very dark.

Mixing watercolors

The table below can be used for both methods of painting: glazing or single layer. The difference is that in the first version, the final shade is obtained by visually connecting different tones superimposed one on top of the other. The second method involves the mechanical creation of the desired color by combining pigments on the palette.

How this is done is easy to understand from the example of the first line with purple tones from the figure above. Layered execution is done like this:

1. Fill in all the squares with a light tone, which will be obtained by using a small amount of paint and a sufficient amount of water.
2. After drying, apply the same color to the second and third elements.
3. Repeat the steps as many times as needed. In this version, there are only three color transition cells, but there may be more.

When working in the technique of glazing painting, it is worth remembering that it is better to mix different colors in no more than five layers. The previous one must be well dried out.

In the event that you prepare the required color immediately on the palette, the sequence of work with the same purple gradation will be as follows:

1. Set the color by taking a little paint on a wet brush. Apply to the first rectangle.
2. Add pigment, fill in the second element.
3. Dip the brush back into the paint and make a third cell.

When working in one layer, you must first mix all the colors on the palette. This means that in the first method, the final shade is obtained by optical mixing, and in the second - mechanical.

gouache and oil

The techniques for working with these materials are similar, since the pigments are always presented in the form of a creamy mass. If the gouache is dry, it is pre-diluted with water to the desired consistency. White is always present in any set. They are usually used up faster than others, so they are sold in individual jars or tubes.

Mixing (table below), like gouaches, is a simple task. The advantage of these techniques is that the next layer completely overlaps the previous one. If you made a mistake and after drying you didn’t like the resulting shade, make up a new one and apply it on top. The previous one will not show through if you work with thick colors without diluting them with liquid (water for gouache, solvent for oil).

Pictures in this painting technique can even be textured, when a thick mass is applied pasty, that is, in a thick layer. Often, a special tool is used for this - a palette knife, which is a metal spatula on the handle.

The proportions of paints to be mixed and the necessary colors to obtain the desired shade are shown in the previous table diagram. It is worth saying that it is enough to have only three primary colors in the set (red, yellow and blue), as well as black and white. From them, in different combinations, all other shades are obtained. The main thing is that the colors in the jar should be exactly the main spectral tones, that is, for example, not pink or raspberry, but red.

Acrylic work

Most often, these paints work on wood, cardboard, glass, stone, making decorative crafts. In this case, it happens the same way as when using gouache or oil. If the surface has been pre-primed and the paints are suitable for it, getting the desired shade is not difficult. Below are examples of mixing shades with acrylic.

For (batik) are also used but they are sold in jars of liquid consistency and are similar to printer ink. In this case, the colors are mixed according to the principle of watercolor on the palette with the addition of water, not white.

Once you understand how to use paint mixing charts, you can easily create an unlimited number of shades when working with watercolors, oils, or acrylics.

Taking the first steps in working with decor, most artists are faced with the lack of many shades in standard paint sets. And in everyday life, the need to get different tones arises quite often: from choosing a color for painting the walls in a house to choosing the perfect eye shadow. However, do not be upset if there is no necessary element in the existing arsenal of paints. Remember, with only three basic colors available: yellow, blue and red, you can get any shade that exists in nature. So, to get orange, you just need to mix two basic colors: red and yellow, and also get acquainted with some of the nuances that artists use when mixing paints.

First, let's prepare everything you need. You need to bring:

1. surface for mixing (for example, a palette);
2. yellow and red paint;
3. brushes;
4. canvas or other work surface on which the resulting material is planned to be applied (watercolor paper, pastel paper, etc.).

To ensure that the final color is perfect, before starting work, make sure that the surface is free of foreign particles (lint, dust particles, brush hairs, etc.). You also need to immediately decide which of the ways you plan to get the desired orange tone. If mixing is done on paper, the final hue is obtained by overlapping the tone after applying one layer of composition to another. If you mix colors on a palette or b cans, you get a separate new tone as a result.

Receipt process

To get orange by combining shades on paper, you first need to decide what you want to get in the end. Since if you apply yellow on top of red, the final tone will be darker than if you apply red on top. It is also important to ensure that the blending brush is free of foreign tints, as the presence of a paint brush of a different color on the hairs of a brush can give a completely unexpected result.
The same rule must be followed if you plan to get the necessary orange color in dry painting. Just layer red and yellow on top of each other and then rub. The resulting shade will entirely depend on what color layer was applied on top: if the last layer was yellow, then orange will be lighter, if red, a red-orange tone is formed.

When mixing paints on a palette, the situation is somewhat simpler. You need to apply a little of one paint base and another on it, and then mix it with a palette knife (a special small spatula). A regular brush will work too, but again make sure the brush is free of other paints.

Completely different mixing rules should be followed if you are working with oil paints. To make the final color orange, you need to apply yellow and red strokes very close to each other, then, moving a little distance away, you will see that you have achieved the desired effect.

Correct Proportions

The proportions of red and yellow paints depend solely on what shade you want to get as a result. So when mixing paints in the same proportions, you will get a classic orange color as a result. In order for the final orange to be more golden or yellow-orange, the yellow paint must predominate. While more red should be added to get a saturated fiery orange. You can also soften the resulting shade of orange by adding a little bit of white paint, then you get a lighter, pastel tone. But to darken the tonality, it is better not to use black, since it does not so much darken as it drowns out the color spectrum. To get a darker shade of orange, it is recommended to apply a little dark gray.

Conclusion

The principle of obtaining orange paints is quite simple, it is enough to know the RGB model and the principles of mixing to make the most stable composition. From the type of work, whether it is drawing or room decor, the method of obtaining orange flowers does not change.

The color mixing table allows you to find out how to get the right one when mixing two or more colors and shades.

Such a table is used in various fields of art - fine art, modeling, and others. It can also be used in construction when mixing paints and plasters.

Color mixing table 1

Color mixing table 2

Mixing paints
black= brown + blue + red in equal proportions
black= brown + blue.
gray and black\u003d blue, green, red and yellow are mixed in equal proportions, and then one or the other is added to the eye. it turns out you need more blue and red
black= you can mix red, blue and brown
black= red, green and blue. You can also add brown.
bodily= red and yellow paint .... just a little. After kneading, if it turns yellow, then add a little red, if it turns pink, a little yellow paint. If the color is very saturated, add a piece of white mastic and knead again
dark cherry= red + brown + some blue (cyan)
strawberry\u003d 3 parts pink + 1 hour red
Turkish\u003d 6 hours sky blue + 1 hour yellow
silver gray= 1 hour black + 1 hour blue
dark red= 1 hour red + a little black
rust color\u003d 8 hours orange + 2 hours red + 1 hour brown
greenish\u003d 9 hours sky blue + a little yellow
dark green= green + some black
lavender\u003d 5 hours pink + 1 hour lilac
bodily= a little copper color
nautical=5h blue + 1 hour green
peach=2h. orange + 1h. dark yellow
dark pink=2h. red + 1 hour brown
dark blue=1h. blue+1h Lilac
avocado= 4 hours yellow + 1 hour green + a little black
coral\u003d 3 hours pink + 2 hours yellow
gold\u003d 10 hours yellow + 3 hours orange + 1 hour red
plum = 1 hour 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 with blue, with red predominating
pistachio paint obtained by mixing yellow paint with a small amount of blue