Easier Color Mixing: The BIG 3
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2024
- Mixing color is hard...
THIS will make it EASIER!
We'll break color down to its basics and use what we know to mix and match our target color using only 3 primary colors and white.
We'll cover two different sets of "primary colors"(R,Y,B and C,Y,M), how they differ and if it really matters which one you use.
IF YOU ARE FRUSTRATED... You aren't alone! There's a lot to learn about color and it takes lots of time with the brush to train your eye to see color and experience to know how to adjust it. You'll see me get things wrong in this video- but I use the Big 3 to keep my thoughts organized and to eventually circle in on the correct color.
The specific paints I use in this video are:
Ultramarine Blue
Naphthol Red
Cadmium Yellow Pale
Cobalt Turquoise
Quinacridone Magenta
Titanium White
*Yes I could have made life a lot easier and grabbed a yellow ochre and burnt umber--- but what's the fun in that?
As a true beginner, it was very helpful to see and hear the color matching.
I’m so glad that was helpful to you. What else would you like to see?
Thank you, this was a wonderful video. Thank you for asking the questions.😊
You are so welcome! Thank you very much.
Thanks for a very informative video. I find it very satisfying mixing colours and achieving the right one.
Me too! Fun problem solving.
Thanks for the comment 😊
Thank you, it's always good to do the basics now and then!
Isn't it!? I learn so much breaking down these concepts for video. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for this video! So helpful! I find that I struggle with mixing too little or too much paint, so I either waste paint or have to mix more and never get back to the right color! Do you have any suggestions for this?
I’m so glad it was helpful to you! Oh man, yeah that can be frustrating figuring out how much paint to use. Here’s a couple of things you could choose to keep in mind.
First of all, think of “wasted” paint as tuition. There’s a cost to education and in my experience a lot of that cost was wasted paint. Using too little, as you have found, can be frustrating. Yes you have to remix and try to match, but it’s also great practice. If you are mixing with a limited amount of colors it will help make remixing easier. Eventually you’ll be able to match your original color like a champ. Also if you have to remix more of the same color do it before your original pile runs out.
Some other thoughts, you are mixing a color and just get really far off, maybe don’t try to fix that whole pile of paint- pull a little out and go from there. Also go slow altering color the closer you get to your target.
Really I don’t have any magical advice on this, like so much of painting it just comes together after a lot time with the brush.
Great video! Quick question. Once you finally have the color or hue you want, do you have to go through the whole process again to make more of it to paint with?
If you are unsure how to get the color you want mixing in smaller amounts and then mixing a larger pile makes sense. If I know which how to mix the color (hue, value, chroma all correctly) I want I’ll try to mix plenty from the beginning. Thanks for the question!
@@crystal.despain-art Thanks for the reply :)
You bet!
Can you add brown to lower the croma instead of the blue?
Brown is close (on the color wheel) to the hue (yellow/orange?) you are trying to lower, so yes it will lower the chroma but not nearly as much as adding blue which is on the far side of the color wheel. Does that make sense? If you wanted to lower the value without drastically dropping the chroma brown would be a good choice.
so do i have to do all that mixing again when i run out of the color i made?
Yes, if you run out you’ll need to mix more. The good news is every time you mix color you are practicing. Eventually all that practice will make mixing color fun and easy, especially once you have already mixed a color before.
FOR FREE? SUBB CAN YOU DO A TUT ON HOW TO MAKE BRIGHT MAGENTA AND CYAN COLOR 🥰
Hi Fiona! To get a really bright and clean Cyan or magenta your best best is to purchase those colors. I would suggest cobalt teal or phalocyanine turquoise, and quinacridone magenta. The reason these colors are tough to mix is because they are primary colors.
@@crystal.despain-art I thought red, blue, and yellow are primaries... So cyan and magenta are considered primary too?
Yes! Actually, it is a pretty hot debate right now, but Cyan, Mag are more useful and accurate as primaries than say cad red and ultramarine blue. The old school primaries work great for more tonal, traditional painting…. Basically if you aren’t looking for vivid cyan, magenta, greens and purples and oranges.
@@crystal.despain-art the tips on ur videos can be use for acrylic colors too right… I never tried oil before, and I only have acrylic from my art class. Ty for uploading this btw it really helps! You’re better than most art teachers honestly.
Oh thank you so much! I’m glad I can help. Yes, it should work the same for acrylics. 🥰