How to turn green into yellow. Making brown by mixing others

Two color mixing tables

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

This table is used in various fields art - fine art, modeling, and others. Can also be used in construction when mixing paints and plasters.

Color Mixing Chart 1

Required Color Base Color + Mixing Instructions
Pink White + add a little red
Chestnut Red + add black or brown
Royal Red Red + add blue
Red Red + White to brighten, yellow to get orange-red
Orange Yellow + add red
Gold Yellow + a drop of red or brown
Yellow Yellow + white for lightening, red or brown for obtaining dark shade
Pale green Yellow + add blue/black for depth
Grass green Yellow + add blue and green
Olive Green + add yellow
Light green Green + add White yellow
Turquoise green Green + add blue
Bottle green Yellow + add blue
Coniferous Green + add yellow and black
Turquoise blue Blue + add a little green
White-blue White + add blue
Wedgwood blue White + add blue and a drop of black
Royal blue
Dark blue Blue + add black and a drop of green
Grey White + Add a little black
Pearl gray White + Add black, a little blue
Medium brown Yellow + Add red and blue, white for lightening, black for dark.
Red-brown Red & yellow + Add blue and white to brighten
Golden brown Yellow + Add red, blue, white. More yellow for contrast
Mustard Yellow + Add red, black and a little green
Beige Take brown and gradually add white until beige colour. Add yellow for brightness.
Off white White + Add brown or black
Pink gray White + Drop of red or black
Gray-blue White + Add light gray plus a drop of blue
Green-gray White + Add light gray plus a drop of green
Gray coal White + add black
Lemon yellow Yellow + add white, a little green
Light brown Yellow + add white, black, brown
Fern green color White + add green, black and white
Forest green color Green + add black
Emerald green Yellow + add green and white
Light green Yellow + add white and green
Color sea ​​wave White + add green and black
Avocado Yellow + add brown and black
Royal purple Red + add blue and yellow
Dark purple Red + add blue and black
Tomato red Red + add yellow and brown
Mandarin, orange Yellow + add red and brown
Reddish chestnut Red + add brown and black
Orange White + add orange and brown
Burgundy red color Red + add brown, black and yellow
Crimson Blue + add white, red and brown
Plum Red + add white, blue and black
Chestnut
Honey color White, yellow and dark brown
Dark brown Yellow + red, black and white
Copper gray Black + add white and red
Eggshell color White + yellow, a little brown
Black Black Use black as coal

Color mixing chart 2

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

Hair coloring is based on a scientific basis - knowledge of color and chemical laws, the skill of a hairdresser-colorist.

Modern coloristics – fashion for uniqueness and absolute individuality

Colors are divided into several varieties, the main ones of which are:

  • armoring;
  • highlighting;
  • balayage;
  • ombre

When blonding, the master carefully distributes various shades of light tones over the entire length of each strand of hair. This look looks beautiful on light brown hair.

Bronzing on light brown straight hair. Results before and after coloring

When performing hair highlighting, the hairdresser bleaches the selected strands. The number of light strands depends on the client’s wishes and can range from 10% to more than 50%.


Highlighting on dark hair

Sometimes, for dyed strands, the shades obtained during dyeing are additionally neutralized using color rules.

When performing the ombre technique, the master achieves a smooth transition, starting from the very dark root zone to the lightest ends of the hair.


Long straight hair dyed using the Ombre technique

Features of color according to appearance color types

To obtain the required tone, the paint is diluted with certain pigments:

1 package of paint (60 ml) corrects the color with 4 grams of pigment. If you get an ugly or not the desired hair color, experts do not recommend lightening it; you will end up with a dirty, unattractive color.

In this case, it is better to correct the coloring by professional craftsmen who have extensive experience and the necessary funds.

Why is it important to know color theory, about color combinations, how to apply it in coloristics

It is important to know! For hair coloring, mixing dyes and colors, it is important to select matching tones and combine them in exact proportions. Professionals mix paints that are similar in tone and that meet the rules of correct combination:

  • copper shade with brown;
  • eggplant with dark purple;
  • caramel with golden brown.

It is not allowed to mix more than 3 paints of different colors. The hairstyle will gain contrast if you apply white strands to dark hair.

Note! Proper mixing of paints and colors in color scheme can visually change the shape of the face and adjust parts of the hairstyle with certain color shades.

Rules for mixing paints of different shades

Master the rules of the most complex mixing technology various shades paints by experienced professionals who can evaluate:

  • hair – condition, structure;
  • scalp – sensitive, dry, irritated.

Experts note 4 color types: cold - summer and winter, warm - autumn and spring.

It is undesirable to change the natural color type to the opposite one.

For fair-haired women belonging to the “summer” color type, it is better to dye with wheat, ash and platinum tones. Dark-haired representatives of the fair sex belonging to this color type will suit various brown tones.

Blonde hair of the “spring” color type is dyed with dyes that match the natural color, golden and honey tones. For dark hair Caramel and nut are chosen for this color type.

Bright representatives of “autumn” are especially suitable for rich tones of colors - red, golden, copper.

Experienced stylists color scheme Hair dyes are determined by the eyes.


For those with gray-blue eyes, light hair colors are best suited.

Green-eyed women are offered warm shades. If there are yellowish inclusions in the iris of the eyes, paint in the orange and red palette is recommended. If the eyes have a malachite tint, a chestnut, dark brown tone will harmonize.

At blue eyes light colors look nice. Brownish inclusions on the iris of blue-eyed people suggest coloring with caramel or red shades. Bright blue eyes - brown tones work well. Gray-blues are best painted in light colors.

For dark brown eyes with dark skin– chestnut or chocolate tones. If you have dark brown eyes and light skin, you should paint them with red shades. For light brown eyes, golden tones are recommended.

All shades suit gray-eyed women, but it is better not to use too dark shades.

Mix dyes for hair coloring with colors of the palette that are similar in tone, precise selection is carried out using the attached color shade tables.

You cannot mix paints produced by different companies.

Manufacturers have their own palette, different from others. The desired result is obtained by correctly calculating the proportion and amount of paint.

For unevenly colored and gray hair, experts recommend that you first dye it a natural color, and then select and mix shades. On hair of different types and structures, the same shades look different, and time exposure affects the color saturation.

It is forbidden to dilute paint in metal containers; glass, ceramics, and plastic are suitable.

In what proportions should paints be mixed?

Apply to hair of different lengths different quantities paints:

  • short hair – 1 package (60 ml);
  • medium hair – 2 packs (120 ml);
  • long hair – 3 packs (180 ml).

To obtain the shade indicated on the package, add a 3% oxidizing agent when diluting the paint. When mixing hair colorants, take them in equal proportions or add large quantity paint, the color they want to receive.

For example, when mixing caramel and golden brown, adding more golden brown creates a richer golden shade.

Important to remember! The color palettes developed by manufacturers are paints that are complex in tone, containing different quantitative contents of pigments: gray-green, blue, red and yellow.

The molecules of these dyes vary in size:

  1. The smallest molecule belongs to the gray-green pigment, which colors the hair and is the first to be distributed in it.
  2. Next in size goes blue, which will be the next one to occupy a place in the hair structure.
  3. Red is larger than the first two, it still has a small opportunity to take up space in the colored hair.
  4. The yellow pigment is the largest pigment; it has no place at all in the inner part of the hair, it envelops its outer side. The shampoo quickly washes away the yellow pigment.

Composition of dyes - what is important to know?

Undyed natural hair contains 3 primary colors. Their different combination determines the natural hair color.

Three primary natural colors: blue, red and yellow

In hair coloring, when mixing dyes and colors, the range of colors is distributed according to levels from 1 to 10: starting with 1 - very black and ending with 10 - the lightest. Hair from levels 8-10 contains 1 yellow pigment, from levels 4-7 there is red and yellow color, resulting in brown shades.

The highest levels 1-3 have a blue pigment combined with red, yellow is completely absent.

Hair dyes from all manufacturers are indicated by numbers, and their tone is determined by them:

  • the first is belonging to the degree of lordship;
  • the second - to the main color (up to 75% of the paint composition);
  • the third is the nuance of color.

Secondary colors

By mixing adjacent colors they acquire secondary colors:

  • orange – yellow and red;
  • purple – red and blue;
  • green – blue and yellow.

Each of the 3 primary colors has an opposite color (countercolor), helping to neutralize various shades:

Each of the 3 primary colors has a countercolor
  • red is extinguished by green;
  • blue – orange;
  • yellow - purple.

Professionals calculate and remove unsuccessful shades using this principle.

Tertiary colors

By connecting primary and secondary color boundaries, tertiary shades are acquired.

When coloring your hair, mixing dyes and colors, you get beautiful shades, for example, combining a beige shade with a cold violet - exquisite platinum. A blonde with gray-green hair is corrected by adding red, the redness is neutralized with a tobacco tint.

Important to remember! On completely bleached hair, the desired shades are not obtained; they become lighter, for example, purple shade on white hair it turns into lilac. With a low content of yellow pigment in the hair, the result is:

  1. The pink color takes on a reddish tint.
  2. Lilac neutralizes yellowness, platinum remains.

Darker shades appear on natural, undyed hair.

Harmonious colors

The harmony of nearby colors is the presence of one primary color. Harmonious colors are taken from the intervals of one main color to the next main color. They have 4 subspecies.

The harmony of these colors leads to balance, changing their lightness and saturation when coloring the hair, mixing paints and colors. When adding white or black colors to them, the combination becomes harmonious, highlighting one rich color.


The Oswald circle is the basis of color, which determines the laws of shade formation. Mixing dyes and colors to change hair color is carried out in accordance with its recommendations

Monochrome colors

With a monochrome combination, colors of the same color scheme are combined with light and rich shades. In hairdressing, a similar calm combination is often used.

Achromatic colors

An achromatic combination of colors is essentially close to a monochromatic combination; in some sources it is not distinguished separately. It is based on two or more achromatic colors.

The classic combination of this harmonic series is a gradual transition from white to black. Hairstyles done in this style emphasize dignity and stability.


Achromatic color combination

Complex color shades Each manufacturer produces using different proportions, which gives the product its own shade.

Some companies add a neutralizing pigment, but not always. The difficulty of staining to obtain desired effect– carefully study the composition of paints.

Ash shades

Ash shades are popular in hair coloring in salons, especially with ombre.

The results of staining with ashy shades may differ from those expected. Therefore, a number of nuances should be taken into account :

  • an ashy shade on bleached hair looks overly gray or dirty;
  • it darkens the hair;
  • in the presence of yellowness it creates a green tint;
  • suitable for young girls, other women look older.

Ash shade is most suitable for young girls

The skillful hands of a professional will help you avoid side effects and get the desired result by taking into account the following features of ash paint:

  • the ashen shade contains a lot of blue pigment;
  • a feature of the paint is that different manufacturers have different shades;
  • ash shades from different companies vary in pigment density;
  • This paint, when lightened, removes the orange tint.

Before you start coloring your hair, you should determine a few points:

  • correctly set the depth of tone in the hair;
  • understand what hair color the client wants to get;
  • decide on additional hair lightening;
  • understand whether after the procedures there will be an unnecessary shade that needs to be neutralized, and determine the color.

It is important to correctly determine the level of hair tone depth

Hair coloring, mixing several colors various colors in hairstyle helps to create a unique individual image. This type of coloring is suitable for hair of different lengths: from short creative haircuts to beautiful curls.

Experts insist on maintaining a sense of proportion so that there is no overflow of tasteless bright spots. The theory of color, an invaluable practice that brings experience, helps masters maintain balance.

Qualified hairdressers warn - You cannot experiment thoughtlessly without a clear knowledge of the laws for obtaining color combinations.


Hair dye mixing table

How to properly dye your hair using color techniques

Before coloring your hair, mixing dyes and colors, follow the advice of experts:

  1. It is not recommended to use masks for a week before coloring, as the special substances they contain envelop the hair and can change the expected coloring result.
  2. Do not wash your hair before dyeing: the skin on your head will not be damaged by the oxidizing agent, thanks to the released fat.
  3. The dye is applied to dry hair; wet hair dilutes it; the color will lose its saturation.
  4. For easier distribution of dye, the hair is divided into strands and the dye is applied evenly and quickly.
  5. The paint is reapplied, first to the root zone, after 20 minutes, spread over the entire length.
  6. Perform the procedure wearing gloves to protect your hands.
  7. Wash off the paint gradually, moisten, foam. Then rinse your hair with shampoo and apply conditioner.

Paints must be intended for professional use and belong to the same manufacturer .

Mixing dyes and colors in hair coloring should be done step by step:

  1. Read the instructions carefully. Mix the colors separately.
  2. Mix paints together in the selected proportion.
  3. Stir the composition thoroughly and distribute the mixture throughout your hair. The paint is applied immediately after preparation, because... The shelf life of the diluted coloring composition is short.
  4. Keep the dye on your hair according to the instructions, then wash your hair.

Note! Divorced and mixed paints cannot be stored. After 30 minutes, a reaction will occur with air masses and the paint will deteriorate. The multi-colored mixture must be used in one go.

The records determine:

  • the color you like, no need to remember what shades were used when mixing;
  • duration - how long the coloring does not wash off;
  • unsuitable shade - which colors should not be mixed.

Professionals warnIt’s difficult to get rid of some color tones. First, you will need to remove the color you don’t like, and then dye your hair again. These actions will affect the condition of the scalp and hair.

By consulting with experts, you can understand which colors suit your skin type and face shape best and find a special individual hair color that emphasizes your unique personality. female image. Be healthy and beautiful!

Useful video materials on the topic: Hair coloring. Mixing paints and colors

How to mix hair dyes correctly:

A short course on the basics of color:

You can see how to choose a hair shade here:

When decorating the surfaces of walls, furniture and other objects with paint, the question arises of mixing them to obtain the desired color. Not always available in stores desired color or shade, so you can use the mixing table. Creating color by hand from scrap paints is also cost-effective.

Features when working with acrylic paints

Acrylic paints are an inexpensive material that is easy to work with and dries relatively quickly. But the disadvantage is the narrow palette of colors, so you need to create the desired shade manually. You can get burgundy, lilac, turquoise, sand, wenge, lilac, and others by mixing colors.

There are some rules when working with acrylic:

  1. The surface to be painted must be smooth, clean, free of oil and grease stains. It must first be cleaned of the previous finish. It is not recommended to apply a new coat of paint over an old one;
  2. Before painting, the walls need to be leveled with putty, and then several layers of primer must be applied. The primer is used for better adhesion of paint and for less paint consumption;
  3. Before use, acrylic must be diluted with water or special solvents, but it is better to do this in a separate container with a portion of paint. This is necessary in order not to spoil the entire volume at once, but to use only as much as needed.
  4. After use, used rollers and brushes must be rinsed thoroughly with water, otherwise they will become unsuitable for further work. You also need to wash other tools that were used. The top of the paint bucket needs to be wiped down so that the lid can be opened in the future.
  5. Most often, painting occurs in 2-3 stages, and for an effective result, this must be done in one direction. To simplify and speed up the work, you can take a spray bottle.

Important! Also, do not forget about precautions; before work, it is better to cover or seal all places and objects that will not be painted. You can work with the material at temperatures not lower than 5 degrees and not higher than 27 degrees.

Another main rule of application is to use paint first on a small area or a completely separate surface. When creating the desired shade, it is better to try it on a draft. You also need to wait until it dries completely, as after that the color becomes a little darker or lighter, depending on the type of paint. And if the color matches the expected desired result, then you can start painting the surface or decorating objects.

What colors should you buy?

Tinting is the name of the science that studies mixing styles and obtaining the desired shade. It is this science that helps to obtain purple colour, as well as fuchsia, ivory, sea wave or sea when mixing paints. In theory, to create many colors, it is enough to have yellow, red and blue. But in this case, you can get a narrow spectrum.

To create a wide palette, it is enough to buy the following colors:

  • Red;
  • Yellow;
  • Brown;
  • Pink;
  • Blue;
  • Black;
  • White.

These colors are quite sufficient for applying the basic scales. For decoration Gold, silver, mother-of-pearl and other additional colors are also used for designs.

Mixing Features

You can find out how to mix correctly and get the desired shade by consulting with a specialist in the store when purchasing.

Tip: The main rule of mixing is that you cannot combine dry and liquid colors. They don't match.

There are 4 main colors - white, red, blue and green. With their help, many others can be achieved. For example, khaki can be obtained by mixing brown and green. And get Brown color when mixed, you can use red and green. Beige – take brown and white.

Working with a table

Working with the table is to find the desired color and shade, and next to it in the line, the necessary colors for mixing will be indicated. For example, you can get purple by mixing acrylic paints by mixing red and blue. And to make it light or dark, just add a little white or black color, respectively. The disadvantage of working from the table is that it does not indicate the amount of pigment added - the ratio. Therefore, when mixing, you need practice and color perception.

Here you can simply take and mix colors, first in the same proportion, and then add another for the desired shade. Or use specialized tables that have been developed by specialists for working with the material.

For example, to get Orange color When mixing acrylic paints, just mix red and yellow.

Color mixing chart for acrylic paints

Image

Color name

Required colors

Grey

White and black

Plum

Red, blue, black

Light green

Yellow, white and green

Dark-blue

Blue and black

Bordeaux

Red, brown, yellow, black

Dark green

Green and black

Orange

Red and yellow

Working with paints is simple, the only difficulty is creating the desired shade, without proportions. But, if you understand the mixing table and practice, and also know the rules of working with acrylic, you can create a unique and inimitable interior design with your own hands and relatively cheaply.

It happens that you run out or are simply missing some paint, but there are others. Knowing the rules and subtleties of mixing them, you can almost always get the desired color. Let's find out how this happens and what difficulties you may encounter.

Whitewash from different colors is nonsense

Let's start by debunking the myth - if you mix paints of all the colors of the rainbow, White color you won't be able to get it. Dyes contain pigments that absorb certain ranges of light waves, which allows you to see colors and their shades.

Achieving reflection of absolutely all rays by mixing the palette available to you (which, in theory, could ultimately result in the perception of a white surface) is impossible under any circumstances.

The fact is that pigment-rich paint necessarily reflects at least two light waves different colors, but one more than the other. For example, red can also reflect the orange range, but only slightly. However, if you add yellow, the red will be absorbed by it, but secondary color will be reflected and you will see an orange surface. Blue paint can reflect green and violet waves to a certain extent, which will not be visible due to the main light wave. But absorb it with another pigment, for example, red, and you get a purple color.

Choosing the right paint is the main task

It often happens that you have and Blue colour, and red, but when mixed, you get something swampy, but not purple paint. This is due to the fact that the pigments in the compositions do not have reflectivity in the required range. Therefore, it is difficult to say in advance which light waves are reflected by the pigment in a particular coloring material. What options do you have? In fact, if we talk about paints, be they acrylic or oil, there are not 3 (or 4 with white) primary colors, but 6 (or, accordingly, 7).

Firstly, the red pigment, which also reflects the orange color to a slightly lesser extent. Secondly, red, the particles of which very significantly reflect the light wave corresponding to the violet color. Next, we should designate the yellow color, which, in addition to its main part of the spectrum, also reflects green waves, but somewhat worse. This is followed by another variant of the yellow pigment, which can additionally reflect orange waves as a secondary range. And finally, paints that reflect blue spectrum waves, but additionally green or purple, which gives you 2 more material options.

If you take the first type and mix it with the penultimate one, that is, with a color that, in addition to blue, also reflects the green range of light waves, you will get a rather dirty purple color. The second and fifth types will allow you to get a purer color, and the second and last, when mixed, will qualitatively reflect violet waves and give a rich and bright color. Thus, it is obvious that by combining 2 colors, the pigments of which do not reflect the spectrum of light waves you need, we get dull or even dirty tones. By mixing 1 correct and 1 incorrect paint, we will end up with a more beautiful finish. And finally, by combining 2 colors that reflect the desired secondary range of light, you can get a bright and rich color scheme.

What colors to mix to get the right colors?

At the very beginning, we found out that it is impossible to make white color by mixing - after all, not a single pigment has the ability to reflect the white spectrum of light waves. However, this main color is involved in the production of many other colors, as well as their shades and tones. For example, to make your own gray paint, just add a little black to the white. But before you mix different materials grey colour, make sure they are compatible, otherwise it may just turn out to be dirt. You can also create the cool gray color inherent in wet slate (rock) by mixing white, black and blue colors. And vice versa, warm gray is yellow, brown and the same white and niello.

Now let's move on to more interesting experiments. Pink by itself does not exist in nature, but it can be obtained by adding a little white to the red color. The more you mix, the lighter the result will be, so you get the desired shade. Making a peach color is also not difficult - just mix dark brown (chocolate) and orange colors, and then add a little green to them. But apricot is made in a completely different way. Its different shades can be made by mixing red and white colors with ocher, which is obtained by combining yellow with brown.

Let's move on to common colors and their shades. Brown is a primary red color with a secondary green color, which is obtained by combining yellow and blue paint. To lighten, add white; to make darker, add black. Such an interesting color as terracotta is made by combining orange and brown, but without mixing red, yellow and green colors, first you need to get intermediate ones. Tobacco color is the result of a combination of yellow, green, white and red.

Let's move on to cooler colors. A beautiful turquoise can be made by adding a small amount of green to blue. Depending on the amount of the mixed component, the shade will be more saturated and bright or, conversely, deeper. To get a royal blue (very dark), just add a little black to the same mixture. To get a sea green color, take white and combine green and black pigments with it. Coniferous paint is a mixture of green, yellow and black, and if the latter is excluded, the result will be olive.

Blue is one of the primary colors. Along with red and yellow, it is on the list of tones that cannot be produced at home. But artists know very well how to get blue in its various shades - to do this, you need to mix the classic color with other pigments, which gives amazing results.

Traditional color wheel

Experts call blue, red, yellow colors“three pillars” of color and painting. It is on them that the widest palette of halftones of the second and third orders rests; they are combined with each other, while creation with is excluded.

All the most important colors included in the so-called color circle. It represents a conditional model divided into sectors. The latter are placed in an order close to their location in the visible light spectrum. The adjacent shades are called chromatic; they can be mixed together to obtain a new chromatic (color) paint. If, when mixing paints, you take opposite tones, the result will be an achromatic color (grayish). That is, the further the colors are from each other, the more likely it is that their mixture will give an inexpressive, ugly tone.

Classic blue and its shades

You won’t be able to make blue at home, so to create different shades of it you need to purchase ready-made gouache, watercolor, acrylic paint or another type of dye (even plasticine). Then you can use other colors from the set, because when they are combined you can get incredible tones and halftones of blue. Artists have special tables with the names of shades and the required proportions for paints, but in practice they still have to experiment.

In regular gouache sets, blue is represented by the shade ultramarine. It is very bright, moderately dark, and has slightly purple notes. Eat important rule, which must be remembered: white is added to lighten the tone, black is added to darken, and various colors are added to change the reflection of the paint.

Blue-green

Making shades of blue with green highlights is easy. The effect of a dark green tone is achieved by introducing a small amount of ready-made green paint into the blue. If it is not there, you can do it differently. Since the combination of blue and yellow gives a green color, you can add a little yellow to the blue. Next, the paint is lightened with white, the result is a third-order shade, less saturated.

Prussian blue

The azure color also contains green shades. Artists have a recipe for its preparation - you need to combine 1 part blue and the same amount of light green or bright green (grass) shade. If necessary, the tone is diluted with white.

Blue-violet

This color is considered very rich and powerful in energy; it is prepared by combining blue with red paint in equal proportions. But the finished purple must be made to turn blue, for which blue color is added drop by drop until the desired tone is obtained. Typically the final ratio does not exceed 2:1.

Royal blue

The royal color is a dark, cool tone, close to classic. Traditional royal blue is part of the HTML color scheme used in computer graphics. It is also the main tone of ink and paint for cartridges. To make this color, a drop of black and even less of green are added to ultramarine.

Blue-gray

This shade is reminiscent of a cloudy sky, as well as the color of water on a non-sunny day. You need to add a little brown to the base blue, the result will be a dark blue-gray tone. It is diluted with white to the desired degree of lightening. There is another option for creating a gray-blue tint - combining blue with orange, the result will be a grayish mass with a slightly blue tint.

Dark blue

The blue paint begins to darken with the addition of a small amount of black color. The ratio should be no more than 4:1. Creating such a shade is required if you need to “calm down” a color when it is initially too bright.

Blue

Blue color is easy to make. To do this, blue of any tone is diluted with white 3:1 or more. Increasing the volume of white paint results in even greater lightening, up to a sky blue or pastel blue. To achieve an original tone, you can dilute turquoise with white.

Other shades

Wedgwood tone is obtained by combining a portion of blue, as well as a drop of white and black paint. For dark turquoise, yellow-green color is added dropwise to blue. Cornflower blue is created by mixing purple, blue, a drop of brown and the same amount of black dye.

Blue in nature

IN real world Blue is perceived by the eye in the range of 440-485 nm. This - digital value length electromagnetic wave, which has a blue tone in the general light spectrum. In nature, you can see up to 180 shades of blue - its tones are visible in the colors of the seas and oceans, the sky, twilight, moonlight, many plants, and insects.

To obtain the ideal color, you need to ensure that all ingredients are similar in chemical composition. Otherwise, the mass may separate, leaving unmixed veins. It is also important to use high-quality paints, because others begin to darken and turn gray over time. Oil dyes are very susceptible to changes - it is better to first try the work on a small area and evaluate the effect after a couple of days. Artists note: the fewer colors were combined, the better the result will be, and the lower the risk of fading and peeling of the finished decor.