Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Mix Paint To Make Colors

Mixing paint colours


It is not always easy to find the exact paint color that you are looking for. This is where you can take matters into your own hands, and make your own custom colors. Making custom paint colors is a matter of using two or more colors and slowly adding portions of one to the other or others. You can make an overly dark color lighter, and a light color darker. Try this formula for creating a deep brownish red paint; then use the process for virtually endless color combinations and undertones.


Instructions


Deep Brownish Red


1. Pour the entire gallon of medium red paint into a 2 gallon bucket. It is easier to add extra colors and mix the colors together when the paint is in a larger bucket.


2. Scoop 1 tbsp. of black paint into the bucket and 1 tbsp. of brown into the bucket and thoroughly stir the colors together. Write this paint combination down on a piece of paper, and write down everything that you do to alter the color. You will not be able to replicate your paint later if you do not know what you did. To speed up the mixing process, use a variable speed drill with a mixer bit.


3. Brush a small amount of paint onto a scrap board and let it dry. This will help you to see what the paint looks like as you alter the color.


4. Add 1 tsp. of brown paint to the paint mixture, and use the variable speed drill to mix it. Continue adding brown paint until you have created the desired brown tone. Add 1 tsp. of black paint at a time to this same mixture to continue making the paint darker.


5. Add 1 tsp. of white paint at a time, and mix the paint between additions if you accidentally make the paint too dark.


6. Use a color wheel to create multiple custom colors. Mix equal parts of primary colors red, blue, and yellow to create the secondary colors orange, purple, and green. Change secondary colors into multiple custom colors by using complementary colors. Complementary colors are directly opposite secondary colors on the color wheel. Add complementary color in small amounts to the secondary color to gradually change it.