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StarGirl
38 posts |
#22419 2007-09-12 15:02 GMT |
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ive ran out of black :[
is there anything i can use to darken the brown? i need it to still look brown so i cant use dark blue. is there any household products i can use? its like milk chocolate colour, im trying to make it dark chocolate colour its like milk chocolate colour, im trying to make it dark chocolate colour |
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Puppie
41 posts |
#22420 2007-09-12 15:12 GMT |
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First off, what tint of brown is it. Technically in the color world brown doesn't even exist. Is it a dark red, dark orange, dark yellow, etc. A good way is to use purple, its natural color is very dark. Counter it with red to get it back to the original color, now darker
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MagicStick
43 posts |
#22421 2007-09-12 15:33 GMT |
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Use the dark blue. The brown will neutralize it. Just add a little at a time until the color looks right. If you've gone too far add a little orange. Or if you have a dark green and a dark red, mix those together for brown.
That's about all you can do without black. But browns mixed from colors are usually very nice. |
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Piramidy
39 posts |
#22422 2007-09-12 16:07 GMT |
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It depends what colors are making up this brown color. If it is a mixture, for example, of mostly red, then you can use green to darken it.
Note, you could mix the three primary colors and then add that to your brown to darken it. |
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God
35 posts |
#22423 2007-09-12 20:35 GMT |
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I was gonna say Alizarin Crimson and Sap Green make a lovely Brown, which can be lightened with the Yellow of your choosing.
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Puppie
41 posts |
#22424 2007-09-12 22:37 GMT |
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use some dark red, but in general u should never use black. even if u darken a colour and it looks differnt, its still ok. things in a painting dont "have to be" just like real things.
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TochaTocha
32 posts |
#22425 2007-09-12 23:50 GMT |
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it's a tough question to answer, brown is a terserary colour meaning it takes 3 colours to make brown, if you are starting with a ready made brown like burnt sienna it already has a lot of white in it. You can try mixing the 3 primary colour (red yellow blue) to get your brown, but then there are many different kinds of these three colours. The basic rules of the primary colours in paint are "magenta, yellow, and cyan" but this can also vary from brand to brand. the best way is to experiment with you 3 primary colours to get the brown you want, just stay away from any colour that seems to have a lot of white in it if you want to avoid milk chocolate. And then when you get into mixing light and science the three colours become red yellow green but that is another story...just play with small amounts of your paints taking note of the ratios to get the colour you want, I agree with a previous answer that adding black is not a good option, it'll just give you a mucky gray.
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RedRiver
84 posts |
#22426 2007-09-14 00:15 GMT |
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Make a black with equal parts of the primary colours and purple. Mix well. These four hues mixed in equal proportions can give you a good black.
Brown is a warm colour so I would suggest you add an extra dollop of purple to heighten the depth of your brown. All the best to you. |
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