Whether you're a fine artist, a homeowner selecting a color palette for your living room, or both, you already know that color has a profound psychological effect on all of us. A lot of the way we view, teach, and talk about color comes from four prominent teachers at the Bauhaus, a German art … [Read more...]
Art and Painting
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What Are Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Colors?
Colors might seem simple when you first look at them, but upon closer inspection, there are deeper depths and complexities to each hue and shade. If you want to understand everything about colors, it's important to start at the beginning and break down the basics: primary, secondary, and tertiary … [Read more...]
What Colors Make White and How Do You Mix Different Shades of White?
Simple and crisp, white is the colorless color that makes a statement by saying so little. There's debate over white's status as an actual color. That's because it's not technically on the color spectrum. White is what our eyes perceive when all of the wavelengths are being reflected. In contrast, … [Read more...]
What Colors Make Black and How Do You Mix Different Shades of Black?
Black is the absence of light. It means color has been completely absorbed. The truth is you won't be able to mix colors to get true black, but that doesn't mean you can't get close. Part of the fun of mixing colors to get black is figuring out which colors make your favorite shade. This is going … [Read more...]
What Colors Make Pink and How Do You Mix Different Shades of Pink?
Associated with imagery of love and romance in our psyche, pink is a secretly powerful hue with a potent ability to stir the senses. Pink brings to the surface feelings associated with femininity, softness and gentleness. However, the secret power of pink rests in its ability to stir up creative … [Read more...]
What Colors Make Orange and How Do You Mix Different Shades of Orange?
What colors make orange? The simple answer is red and yellow, but there is much more to it because you can change the shade and hue by tweaking the amounts used or by adding some other colors into the mix. For example, using different amounts of red or yellow will allow you to create many different … [Read more...]
What Colors Make Purple and How Do You Mix Different Shades of Purple?
Artists and designers know all about color theory, the straightforward guideline about mixing colors and the various combinations that come from them. Understanding these concepts is necessary if you want to create colors that aren't available in your paints, markers, or colored pencils, and one of … [Read more...]
What Colors Make Turquoise and How Do You Mix Different Shades of Cyan?
Considered a healing stone, natural turquoise is a calming blue with unique striations and variances. What makes turquoise especially versatile is that it falls somewhere between green and blue. This gives it a natural, earthy look that invites the eyes to make a spiritual connection with whatever … [Read more...]
What Colors Make Gray and How Do You Mix Different Shades of Gray?
Trapped somewhere in the haze between black and white, gray offers a soft gradient that is both soothing and reassuring. We can often picture a sky full of parked clouds, ash from a fire that's on its last light or clay in a potter's hand when we think of the color gray. It is an invaluable color … [Read more...]
What Colors Make Brown and How Do You Mix Different Shades of Brown?
Brown is unmatched in its versatility. Rich and textured, brown awakens feelings of strength and reliability. There is something about brown's connection with the very dirt and clay that sculpt the earthen terrain we walk on that makes us feel grounded and connected. This is why brown evokes … [Read more...]
