How to Mix an Orange Color
When mixing your own colors, it helps to have a very basic understanding of color theory and the color wheel. The color wheel is designed to show you which colors are mixed in order to make other colors. The primary colors are those colors from which all other colors are mixed. Orange is a secondary color, meaning that two primaries (in this case, red and yellow) are combined to make it.
- Paint (red and yellow)
- Paintbrush
- Palette
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Instructions
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Dab your paintbrush in red paint, so that the tip of the brush is red. You don't need more than a little bit of red. Paint a red circle in the middle of your palette.
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Place your paintbrush in yellow paint. You need about 3 times as much yellow as red, so load a significant amount of yellow on your brush.
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Mix the yellow paint on your brush with the red circle you painted on your palette. Swirl the colors around. Notice that the colors combine to form a shade of orange.