It's great to mix your own colours and create unique pastel shades. But how do you actually mix colours?

 

With our 3 steps, it doesn't get any easier!

 

You only need three colours to make all the beautiful colours: red, blue and yellow. These three colours are called primary colours.

 

To achieve as many shades as possible, we also recommend using white and black.  

Step 1

Mix two primary colours (50/50) to get secondary colours.
Red + Blue = Purple
Blue + Yellow = Green
Yellow + Red = Orange

 

Step 2

Mix a primary colour with a secondary colour (50/50) to get a tertiary colour.
Ex: Yellow + Green = Light Green

 

Step 3

To get pastel colours, mix a tertiary colour with white. Add a little white at a time until you get the pastel colour you want.
For example: light green + white = pastel green 

 

Tip: If you mix in a little black, you can achieve even more shades!

Try experimenting with colours! The combinations are endless, and our guide can be used for all types of paint.

 

So, whether you want to create beautiful textile paint designs on a T-shirt or decorate boxes and PAP FAB projects with acrylic paint, you now have the guide to getting started with colour mixing.

Dive into our guide to textile painting for kids and 9 creative projects for kids, which will give you lots of ideas for fun times with the kids using your new knowledge of colour mixing.

 

Unleash your creativity!