How to Mix Paint From a Color Wheel
Color wheels, sometimes called color circles, can be used as a guide when mixing paint. Color wheels are based on three primary colors, and all the other colors in the wheel come from these shades. Understand how the wheel works, and use it to create new colors that are the right shade for your painting project. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Purchase paint colors you want to mix and obtain a color wheel if you do not have one.
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Learn to understand your color wheel, which is based on the three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. These colors cannot be created by mixing any other colors. The secondary colors are orange, purple and green. Tertiary colors are those that are made by mixing primary and secondary colors, thus containing all three primary colors. Examples are yellow-green, blue-green or red-orange.
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Mix paint on your palette by looking at the wheel and determining what colors you need. For example, if you wish to make purple, consult the wheel and see that it is in between red and blue and thus are the two colors you need to produce purple.
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Modify your colors by adding more paint. Make your colors warmer by adding red, yellow or orange or cooler by adding blue, green or purple. Make use of complementary colors, which are directly opposite of each other on the color wheel.
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Tips & Warnings
Red and yellow makes orange. Red and blue makes purple. Blue and yellow makes green.
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