There is a wide range of available brown colors to use in acrylic painting.
While it may be more convenient to buy a bottle of brown acrylic paint from a craft store, the normal brown does not provide the necessary depth or warmth that a custom-created brown paint supplies. In many cases, you may even start with a basic acrylic brown only to find yourself adding white for a paler tone, red or orange for an earthy shade or blue to carry a cold or muted color scheme throughout the painting project. For these types of projects and for the conservation of your budget, you may find it easier to create your own brown with the variety of acrylic paints already in your palette.
Instructions
1. Place five parts red acrylic paint in your mixing tray.
2. Add two parts yellow acrylic paint to your mixing tray.
3. Mix the two colors together with a palette knife or stir stick. Thoroughly mix the colors until you see one uniform color in the tray with no streaks of red or yellow paint.
4. Add one part blue acrylic paint in very small increments until the paint in the mixing tray is the desired shade of brown. Again, mix the colors completely until there is a uniform shade before adding any more color.
