Color science is a science. And mixing colors among themselves is quite an exciting process. Just imagine that from a small set of primary colors and additional white, you can get absolutely any shade and enrich the color palette of your picture.
Color difficulties
Each artist is faced with the fact that he sometimes needs a certain shade, which can be made up of two or three colors. The professional does not have any problems. He clearly imagines what and with what to mix in order to achieve the desired result. However, he can use only a few local colors.
For beginners, difficulties always arise with this. And not everyone knows that green is obtained from yellow with blue, and brown from red with green. What about pink? How to get it in its pure form or its specific shade, because the palette of pink is very extensive. In addition, to achieve pure color is not always possible.
Features to consider when mixing
Successful color mixing will depend on the type of paints you work with. All of them differ in chemical composition, respectively, can react with each other. This is especially true for oil paints. If you do not take into account the characteristics of some pigments, then the resulting color, when two or three are poorly combined with each other, can darken, crack or acquire an inappropriate shade. In order to help artists figure this out, special tables have been created that list all undesirable mixtures of oil paints. There are also auxiliary tables with shades that clearly show what you get by mixing certain colors.
Shades of pink
If you have a task - to get a pink color, as close as possible to how you imagine it, then first you need to decide which color is considered pink? More precisely, which of the great many of its shades, which vary not only in lightness, but also in heat-coldness. It is interesting to know that each person sees and perceives this color in his own way. This may depend not only on gender, but also on the climate in which a person lives.
How to get pink color from art paints?
Its receipt will directly depend on the type of paint used. Let's look at a few of the most common options.
If you paint with watercolors and use the standard set of 24 colors, you can find carmine there. Diluting it with water will give you pink. Its saturation is regulated by the amount of added water. If you use a limited palette, then any red that you have will do. Mix it with water in the same way.
Gouache is also made on a water basis, but unlike watercolors, white is actively used in it. Red gouache with white will give you pink. To make it paler, add more white, brighter - more red. Pay attention to the fact that gouache becomes lighter when it dries. Therefore, the color of the diluted paint should be brighter than you require.
With oil paints, things are a little more complicated. It is important to consider, in order to get pink, which colors will be suitable in composition and which colors may fade over time after mixing. An ideal option would be to add titanium white to the strong red kraplak . The procedure is the same as with gouache. The more white, the brighter the color.
Before applying to the picture, try the resulting color on a separate piece of paper or cardboard to make sure that it suits you.
Warm and cold shades
What colors to mix to get pink will be influenced not only by the overall color scheme of your picture, but also by the lighting on it. After all, pink in the shade and in the light are two completely different shades.
There is another important nuance that novice artists sometimes lose sight of, and wonder why they do not get the desired color, when they did everything right. The fact is that the resulting shade of pink directly depends on which tone of red is used as the basis. Accordingly, mixing cold red with white, you will not get warm pink. And you can get a warm tone by adding yellow, orange or brown in the right proportions to red.
If you need cold pink, mix red and white with a little blue or blue. If you add a drop of black paint, the color will be muted. By experimenting, you can achieve very interesting shades.
How to get a pink color when mixing building paints?
As for building and interior paints, there are several options, in addition to buying a ready-made color, which may not always meet your expectations.
One of the options is to buy a jar of white base color and a universal pink color, which should be compatible with paints from any manufacturer. To mix them you need a separate container. Pour white paint into it (it can be either a water-based emulsion or a building acrylic) and start adding a little color to it.
In the process, you need to thoroughly mix the composition. Continue to drip color in it and mix until you feel that you have the right tone. But do not rush to immediately paint them the entire surface. First paint a small area with it and wait until it dries to evaluate the result.
The second option on how to get the pink color is to mix red and white paint. There are also many shades of red among building paints. If you need to paint a large area and you have to make the mixture several times, then write down the proportions as accurately as possible so that the color in the end is uniform over the entire surface.
At the same time, glossy paint will be bright and saturated, matte - more muffled.
You can get a pink color, as you already understood, in many ways. It all depends on the tasks assigned to you. And when you get a good shade, be sure to write down what colors you used and in what proportions so that you can repeat this on occasion.