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Color Mixing Theory And Tips by Mahmoud Awara
[Mar 31, 2008]
Color mixing is generally the first stumbling block for the novice-painting artist. It is not an exact science. Artists have different formulas and methods for mixing and applying paint if you asked 10 artists various questions about mixing colors, you will likely get many different answers. So you have to keep painting and practicing until you develop your own formulas and techniques that you are comfortable with.
It's easy to mix paints to make new colors. You can use the primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) plus black and white to get all of the colors of the rainbow
The three primary colors are red, yellow, and blue; they are the only colors that cannot be made by mixing two other colors. The three secondary colors are green, orange, and violet; they are each a mixture of two primary colors. Their hue is halfway between the two primary colors that were used to mix them
The six tertiary colors (red-orange, red-violet, yellow-green, yellow-orange, blue-green and blue-violet) are made by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary color. Black, white and gray are not true colors (or hues). They are considered to be neutral, colors.
Color mixing can be fascinating, fun or frustrating, depending on your interest, knowledge or experience, so here are some color-mixing tips that will help you to achieve better color throughout your artwork