#Light blue color how to

In the first line you can see cadmium orange mixed with ultramarine blue.

Ultramarine Blue & Cobalt Blue Mixed with Orange In addition to creating muted blues, you can mix orange and blue to make a lovely shade of brown color. Therefore, blue and orange are complementary colors. Additionally, orange is directly opposite from blue. So when looking at the color wheel below, you can see that purple is directly across from yellow – therefore yellow and purple are complementary colors. A complementary color is the color that is opposite it on the color wheel.

#Light blue color how to

So, let’s dig in and learn how to make blue colours that are muted! Using Complementary ColorsĬomplementary colors are very important when it comes to mixing muted colors. If you have used ultramarine blue and cobalt blue you will know that they are very bright colors, and a well constructed painting demands a variety of muted colors. As I rarely use blue colors that are straight from the tube for anything. I spend a great deal of my mixing time, muting blue colors. This will give you one of the darkest and most interesting blue colors. So, when you want to get a rich dark blue, then mix pthalo green and alizarin crimson with ultramarine blue. This can also be seen in the black color mixing guide. When mixing pthalo green and alizarin crimson together you get a lovely black color. So, if you want to have a dark blue that is not a very saturated (bright) blue – then burnt umber is a great option to mix it with. Not only does burnt umber mixed with ultramarine blue create a dark blue color but it also makes a great muted blue. Pthalo green is a dark color that will darken the blue/ purple mixture more while adding a slight green tinge to it. On the second line you will see ultramarine blue mixed with dioxazine purple as well as pthalo green. Not only does dioxazine purple make ultramarine blue darker but it also adds a little purple shade to it. Mixing Dioxazine Purple and BlueĪs seen in the first line dioxazine purple and ultramarine blue make an excellent dark color.

In the color chart, you can see multiple ways you can go about how to make dark blue in different shades.