How to get orange color and its shades

Orange - the only color, not having cold shades, always warm and cheerful. How to get an orange color, many know, even not related to painting. Two colors: yellow and red - give rise to the shades of the setting sun.

Music colors

In the world there are only seven notes, from which an infinite number of melodies are created, and only 3 primary colors, from which a whole rainbow of colors is obtained. The main colors are red, yellow and blue. Having these colors on the palette, you have a whole set of shades, they will help paint the reality in bright colors or hide it in gray tones. Mixing red, yellow or blue in different proportions, we get a set of secondary colors, which, in turn, give new shades.

Mixing colors you need to know a few things:

• Basic colors and white can not be obtained by mixing paints;
• Black is obtained by mixing three basic colors;
• Try not to mix more than three colors at a time.

Orange mood

Orange - the color of the sun, fire, fruit and spices. He has positive energy, inspires, energizes with optimism. This color unites the male and female principle: women are yellow, men are red. Orange as a result of a mixture of yellow and red personifies both sexes.

In the interior, this color is often used in children's and sports institutions, it looks good in a youth café. In the house, this color scheme is recommended to be used carefully, it should not be much. In clothes bright orange speaks about activity and cheerfulness. There is also the negative side of the orange. Psychologists believe that this color is able to subordinate people to the influence of society, the crowd, which is why it is actively used in the interiors of religious sects.

Mixing of paints

The orange color is composite, which means that it is obtained by mixing the two main ones: red and yellow. Mixing paints is a simple process, but requires little preparation.

For work we will need:

• Working surface. A clean palette or paper, you can use jars. A jar or palette, thanks to its smooth surface, is an ideal base for mixing paints. The colors in them are mixed physically, as ingredients in the preparation of the sauce. If you decide to mix the colors on a sheet of paper, then another method is used: the strokes are applied alternately, the next smear overlaps the previous one, the effect of a new color is created.

• Paints. To obtain any color or shades for a professional, it is enough to have the basic colors: red, yellow, blue. A beginner artist is better to use basic and secondary colors. It is also necessary to have in the arsenal of white and black colors.
• Brush or spatula (spatula).
• Thinner (turpentine, white spirit). Diluting funds are used by more experienced artists. They are used for mixing and diluting paints.

Having everything you need to get new shades, we will try to create a color of good mood.

How to get orange color

To create a classic orange color, mix red and yellow in the same proportions. If you draw gouache, it is more convenient to mix paints in a jar or on a glass surface. First, take the red gouache, then yellow and mix, resulting in an orange color. When using watercolors, add a little water to the jar or on the palette, then put the red and yellow colors, mix them, you turned orange.

Beginners artists may have a question, how to get an orange color using acrylic and oil paints? In this case, mixing takes place according to other rules. On the work surface, put the red acrylic paint, next to the yellow one and with the tip of the brush direct the colors to each other, gradually mixing them. When mixing acrylic paints, do not forget to use thinner, it slows down the drying process.

1. Oil paints are very dense and deep in color, they are mixed in three ways.
2. Physical mixing, we have already considered it using watercolors and gouaches. Application by layers: first put the red paint and let it dry, apply a translucent layer of yellow paint on top, resulting in an orange or red-orange color.
3. Applying primary colors with strokes. On the canvas or paper, one after the other, smears are applied first red, then yellow.

When working with oil paints, never mix more than three colors at once, such a trick is only available to professionals.

How to get red-orange and yellow-orange colors

Orange has many shades, their tone depends on the amount of the primary color and on the way of mixing the colors. If you mix the colors with layers, then to get a red shade, first apply the yellow paint, then red. The same with the yellow-orange color, when applying the paints on top of each other or applying strokes one after the other, the yellow should be superimposed on red. At physical mixing of paints of yellow should be more, if with addition of red add more, we will receive a red-orange color.

To give a rich red-orange tone, you can add a brown paint. To create a calmer, pastel tones to the orange color, add a gray, it turns out an ideal shade, used to write the autumn landscapes. Hopefully, we answered the question of how to get the orange color and its shades. We wish you an orange mood.