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Leave me a comment in the box below. Enjoy this page? There are multiple formulas for mixing the same color so that you can mix the color you want, from the colors you already have on your palette. There are plenty of other color mixtures that you can mix from acrylics, but my goal was to keep it simple. I only include mixtures of two colors to make it easier for beginners.

As you learn more about mixing colors, you can create more complex mixtures by using more colors. You may find some of the mixtures surprising.

Another fun color mixing fact is that you can create green by mixing yellow with black. I find that experience is the best teacher, so the most dramatic way to improve your understanding of color is to mix colors and make paintings. Most experienced painters have all of this color mixing theory burned into their memory from working on paintings. Download the chart and start experimenting with mixing colors.

If you need more guidance, I have more information about how to mix each color below. I hope this color chart will help to make color mixing easier for you. You can print it on a home inkjet printer or color laser printer. The accuracy of home color printers varies. If you want the most accurate color, the color mixing chart is available as a print. All of the colors in this chart are photographs of actual paint samples.

I hand painted each color swatch and then photographed them. My goal was to create the most accurate color as possible. Regardless of how much care you take when reproducing color, you have to accept that there will be some minor variations in color. Some acrylic paints are more saturated than what you can capture with a camera. Another reason why the colors that you mix may be slightly different than what you see on the chart is because of the materials you use. There are numerous variables that can affect the color of paint.

These variables include: the thickness of the paint, surface sheen, and the brand of paint. Acrylic paints that have the same color name may vary by the brand, but the differences should be subtle. The chart contains colors from both Liquitex and Golden. You can mix acrylic paints that have different viscosities too.

For example, you can mix heavy body acrylics with fluid acrylics. My post about mixing different brands of acrylics goes into this subject in great detail. It covers mixing student grade acrylics with professional acrylics, mixing slow drying acrylics with regular acrylics, and more.

The dark transparent colors, such as Phthalo Green and Dioxazine Purple, can appear extremely dark when you apply them full strength. I applied these colors in thin layers to make them more vibrant. Otherwise, the dark appearance would make the swatches too dark to identify what color they are.

Regardless of these subtleties, a color chart is still very useful as a guide for mixing colors. The colors on this chart are in acrylics, but the same principles apply to oils, watercolor, and gouache. There will be slight differences in color depending on how you apply the paint.

For instance, thin layers of watercolor will obviously look lighter than a solid, opaque application of oil paint. Some watercolor pigments tend to granulate.