Full standings color mixing oil paints with examples and instructions for mixing.
For many artists, especially beginners color mixing problem can be very important.
How to get a color that is not at hand? Of course mix paints on the palette! A color mixing table below will help get the necessary colors for oil painting. The table is painted in detail how and what colors to mix to get different colors. The table will expand the horizons and add a daring young artists to mix colors, as for the color you need to mix a few colors and 4 types 2-3 for a shade.
| Color | The required color | The main color + mixing Instructions |
|---|---|---|
| Pink | White + add a little red | |
| Light chestnut | Red + add black or brown and white | |
| Royal red | Red + add blue | |
| Red | Red + white lightening, yellow to get orange-red | |
| Light orange | Yellow + add red a little white | |
| Golden | Yellow + little red or brown | |
| Yellow | Yellow + white lightening, red or brown for dark shades | |
| Pale green | Yellow + add blue / black for the depth | |
| Grass green | Yellow + add blue and green | |
| Olive | Green + add yellow | |
| Light green | Green + add white / yellow | |
| Turquoise-green | Green + add blue | |
| Bottle green | Yellow + add blue | |
| Coniferous | Green + add yellow and black | |
| Turquoise blue | Blue + to add a little green | |
| White-blue | White + add blue | |
| Wedgwood blue | White + blue, and add a little black | |
| Royal blue | Blue + black, and add a little green | |
| Dark blue | Blue + Black, and add a little green | |
| Gray | White + add a little black | |
| Pearl grey | White + black add a little blue | |
| Medium brown | Yellow + add red and blue, white lightening, black to dark. | |
| Red-brown | Red and yellow + add blue and white to lighten | |
| Golden brown | Yellow + add red, blue, white. More yellow for contrast | |
| Mustard | Yellow + add red, black and a little green | |
| Beige | Brown and gradually add white to give a beige color. Add yellow for brightness. | |
| Off-white | White + add brown or black | |
| Pink-gray | White + little red or black | |
| Blue-gray | White + add light gray + a bit of blue | |
| Green-gray | White + add light gray + a bit of green | |
| Сharcoal-grey | White + add black | |
| Lemon-yellow | Yellow + add white, a little green | |
| Light-brown | Yellow + add white, black, brown | |
| The color green fern | White + add green, black and white | |
| Color of forest green | Green + add black | |
| Emerald-green | Yellow + add green and white | |
| Light green color | Yellow + add white and green | |
| Aquamarine | White + add green and black | |
| Avocados | Yellow + add brown and black | |
| Royal purple | Red + add blue and yellow | |
| Dark purple | Red + add blue and black | |
| Tomato red | Red + add yellow and brown | |
| Mandarin orange | Yellow + add red and brown | |
| Reddish-brown | Red + add brown and black | |
| Orange | Orange add brown | |
| Burgundy-red | Red + add brown, black and yellow | |
| Raspberry | Blue + add white, red and brown | |
| Plum | Red + add white, blue and black | |
| Chestnut | Yellow + add red, black | |
| The color of honey | White, yellow and dark brown | |
| Dark brown | Yellow + Red, Black and White | |
| Copper-gray | Black + add the white and red | |
| The color of the eggshell | White + yellow, a little brown | |
| Black | Black. Use black as pitch, or brown+blue+red. |
Сolor mixing table always tell how to mix oil paints for painting, this table should be available to every Artist!
If you have questions, ask them in our color chat.
Video “how paints are mixed”
a detailed example of how paints are mixed. Several colors, when mixed, give a new color.
FAQ about Mixing Paints
1. Is it true that you can get absolutely any shade using just the three primary colors (red, yellow, blue)?
No, that’s a very common myth 🙂 You can mix a huge number of beautiful colors, but clean, vivid purples, bright emeralds, and some “expensive” hues (like ultramarine or cadmium red light) simply cannot be achieved by mixing. That’s why professional artists usually keep 6–12 core tubes in their palette.
2. Why does mixing green + red give me not a nice brown, but some muddy swamp mess?
That’s completely normal – and actually expected. Green and red are complementary colors, so they neutralize (“kill”) each other. If you want a warm brown or grayish-brown tone, use very small amounts of one color, or switch to black + red/yellow/blue combinations instead.
3. How many paints can I mix at once without ending up with “mud”?
Golden rule for beginners – no more than 3-4 colors at a time. Throw five or six shades together and you’ll almost certainly get something that looks like “sad hacker sweater color”. Better to prepare several small batches and gradually adjust toward the desired hue.
4. How do I get a really deep black if I don’t have black straight from the tube? The best rich black is ultramarine blue + burnt umber, or ivory black + alizarin crimson. Tube black often looks flat and lifeless. Try the mix – the difference is huge!
5. Can I use the same mixing chart for oils, acrylics, and gouache?
Roughly yes – about 80-85% of the combinations will work. But keep in mind:
- oil mixes very smoothly and dries slowly
- acrylic dries fast and usually darkens a bit
- gouache lightens when it dries
Always do a test swatch and wait until it’s fully dry.
6. How do I make a nice pink that doesn’t look like childish Play-Doh mush?
The secret is very little red! Start with white → add a tiny dot of red (preferably light cadmium red or carmine). If it’s too screaming, a touch of yellow or blue will calm it down instantly.
7. Should I buy an expensive 24-color set if I’m just starting?
Not necessarily. For beginners, 6-8 tubes are usually enough: titanium white, black, medium or lemon yellow, light cadmium red, ultramarine blue, brown (burnt umber / burnt sienna), green (you can even skip it at first). Mix the rest yourself – it’s great training for your eye and color understanding.
8. Why do all my mixtures look dirty compared to the beautiful pictures on the internet?
Most common reasons:
- adding too much paint at once (add drop by drop)
- dirty palette or dirty brush
- mixing on a dark or colored surface
- using low lightfastness or student-grade paints Clean everything, work on a white surface — and the result improves dramatically right away.
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What color should i mix in brown/light brown to make or to get the color of GREY?? Thank youshiram
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Mix brown + blue + burgundy color. After this add white. 🙂
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So over the years I have just mixed paints bye no particular directions just you know whatever looks good I always hoped I had enough to do a wall or whatever then I started working at Walmart years ago in their paint department they had a section called oops paint. it’s the paint gallons that people bring back saying or it’s the wrong color or whatever and you could get them for an easy $2 $5 at the most 4 a gallon. but now I’m so glad to have found this because I’m looking for a particular purple and I wanted to know what colors to mix with it to get that purple so and I wanted to make sure I got it right because I only have one shot you know how that is so I found this website just 5 minutes ago. And I’m going to follow it to the t I don’t work at Walmart anymore send so I’m going to have to buy the actual paint and I’m trying to mix but I’ll tell you a good little trick I learned I had a friend that works for old home Depot and he installed Windows for them as a subcontractor. He also painted houses. So he would go into home Depot and tell them that his customer wanted her house of particular flu but really wasn’t sure which tips so they would give him like four different samples jug’s of those and if you mix them all together you’ve got yourself a gallon of glue well I did that and I painted my bedroom furniture with this beautiful shade of blue that I have ever seen I’ll never be able to duplicate it because it’s all gone but that is a little trick for getting free paint. My bad, I know. But what the hell my furniture looks like a million bucks now when I was Justice ugly fake wood previously. Thanks again for your information I love it. Linda Oppelt.
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what color will I get if I mixed white and beige?
It will be light beige.
Like this:
What colour should i mix with Fallow to get Rasset?
I don’t understand what color you mean
What happens if you mix Blue, Green, Yellow, and Grey/Gray?
I’m afraid it will be a very dirty shade.
if you mix blue, burgundy and brown, it will be almost black; if you add white, it will be gray.
What color I must get when mix white and grey together ?
Hi! It is will light gray 🙂
What colors do I have to mix to get gray using teal
It is best to use black + white.
But to the teal you can add brown and burgundy + white 🙂
What colours should I use on burgundy to make dark chocolate
Add brown and a little yellow and black. But add very little black!
Please what colours do I mix to get a really dark Navy? Thank you
Blue add black. A deeper shade is obtained if you add turquoise color.
You’re welcome 🙂
What color will I get if I mix light grey with a bright lite green
Hello Will Hobbs!
It will be gray-green.
Like a natural umber.
Hello! I’m trying to get a teal color and I have a 5 gallon bucket of grey to paint the outside of the house. What colors can inbox w the grey to get a teal? Doesn’t matter if it’s light or dark teal
Hello Melissa!
You have to add blue and green, or turquoise
hi which colours do i mix to get dusty rose
Hi Madeleine Swanepoel!
You need to mix pink and beige.
To make it lighter, add white, and to get a contrast a little bit black
Which colour should I mix to get zambesi dawn colour
I think you will need yellow, red, orange, burgundy and white 🙂
So I Google’s just a simple little question of mixing 2 colors. I stumbled upon this color chart and was absolutely blown away. I actually didn’t know you could do this much with color. I mean as stupid as this sounds I knew that all those colors were out there, but honestly had no idea how they got their color. Lol me assuming that they just showed up to play one day. Haha, HOWEVER a jotted the whole referenced color guide down by hand as I will need this in a crafting project I’m starting tonight. I so much needed the off grid color hacks for jacket suits worn in this “Beatles” project. Thank you so much for this useful knowledge, I assure you that it will be put to use daily for me.
Hi Andrew, Can I apply this to angelus paint acrylic paint????
Hi Bien!
Of course, all paint mixes are suitable for all types of paints, oil, caril, watercolor…
Hi, what colour do I get by mixing grey + black
Hi Doug!
Gray is black + white.
If you mix black and gray you get dark gray (charcoal)
Hi, Great web page and you sir are a Gem. I want to paint my house with different grays. Light gray for the house, darker for big trim and even darker for smaller trim and black for the shutters. I would liker to add a little blue or green to the gray colors. What would I end up with, kind sir?
Hi Jeff!
If you want to make gray lighter or darker, you need to use white and black. If you add blue or green, it will affect the dimming of the paint and add a shade
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for the very useful info.
What colours should I mix and in what proportion to get ivory and cream colours?
Regards
Hi Srinivas!
To get ivory, you should use white, brown, and ocher.
For cream use white and ocher or beige
Thank you very much. I have white and yellow paints. Just wondering, Is there a way to get ivory and cream by adding common colours to this combination?
Regards
If you have white and yellow then add more brown, you can also add a little pink, it will give soft and pleasant shades.
Choose different proportions, depending on which shade is needed.
Regards
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I have a light yellow but I want to turn it lilac what mixture of colours can I obtain to make lilac
I’m afraid yellow does not help here.
For lilac, you need purple and white, you can add blue.
You can also mix blue and red, it will be purple.
Hi Andrew, I have a darker color khaki paint and want it to be a lighter shade of grey (not too light if possible). What colors can I mix to obtain grey?
Hi Mia!
I think you need to add a little bit of white. It will not be pure gray, but if you do not have black, then add khaki to white, this will give a grayish-greenish tint.
I have a 2gallon of a light beige color… wanna know what I can add to it for a pop of color… for living room.
Tell me what color you want. After all, from beige you can get many shades and colors 🙂
How to make silver colour using crayons and very useful
For the color of silver, gray-blue shades are often used.
But the difficulty is not in color, but in drawing metal. Silver glares and has contrasting reflexes, takes on the colors of the surrounding objects, so the ability to draw shiny metal is more important than just a single color of silver.
What color does blue + beige make?
It will be a brown-green hue, not a very beautiful color
Please what colour can be mixed together to get pale beige?
To mix ocher and white, if it is very bright, add a little bit of black or brown
I have 5 gallons of grayish purple what can I add to have a more gray color?
I think you can add white and a little black or gray 🙂
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Hello Andrew, what colour will light gray and medium to light brown make in stain for a fence (not paint)? Thank you!
these colors are very helpful to me
Thank! I am very glad that this information is useful to you! 🙂
Hi Andrew,
I have a light green paint and want to make grey from it. What color I need to add to get Grey color. Thanks a lot in advance.
Hello!
Gray is most easily obtained from black and white. If you add black and white paint to green, you will get gray, with a green tint
good work grey and green gives me which colour
What does silver and white make?
Thank you
Such a mixing of colors will give a gray-green tint, or dirty green depending on the proportions of the colors
Mixing white and silver shades will give a not very pleasant white color with a touch of silver.
What color will I get when I mix red, black, white and deep grey
It will be something very ugly. 🙁
I’m really in need of the color mixes to create a honey color
Hello!
The table above shows how to get a honey color by mixing paints
What two colors can i mix to get black
It is best to mix blue, brown and burgundy to get black.
But if there are only 2 colors, try mixing a deep blue and brown.
I have pink I want to turn to dark or grey color
You should mix black, white and pink 😀
This is so great! But one thing I’m confused about- where it says “blue+…”, how do we know which blue? Adding in that info would be so helpful
But thanks in any case, love this website!
Hi!
white + blue = what color, or blue + white?
Hey!
Blue + white = light blue, and it doesn’t matter if you mix blue with white or white with blue
Thank you 🙂
Whan about yellow + white = what color?
It is easy, it will be light yellow, if you add white, then the color will always be lighter
Hello Andrew!
red + yellow + white = what color
Hello Stasy!
It is easy!
If you mix red + yellow = orange.
If you add white it will light orange
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what colours to mix to make magnolia
To get the color of magnolia, you need to mix white and burgundy. Add purple to darken, and more white to lighten.
Hi Andrew!
How to make pearl white paint?
Hi Tisha! 🙂
If you want to mix pearl white paint, just add pink and ocher to white color
If you mix brown and white, it’ll be light brown, something like ocher color
Andrew,
brown and white mixed make what color (brown + white = what color)?
Espresso and lavender make what color?
For lavender color, use the following colors:
– blue
– pink
– purple
You can mix with each other and paint individual strokes with clean paints, due to the many shades and lavender color.
For espresso color, mix black and brown, add ocher for lightening
hi what makes pink and yellow
Hey! 🙂
If you mix pink + yellow, you get a light orange hue.
If there is more yellow paint, then the color is more orange, if there is more pink, then the color of salmon will turn out
What does White, Black, Red, Honey, and Purple make?
There are many different colors.
If you mix white, black, red, honey and purple, you get some not beautiful color, artists call such a mixture of paints dirt. It will turn out to be some kind of brownish-gray, but not very pleasant paint color.
Please what color can I mix with cream color to get a white color?
It’s impossible. White color, cannot be obtained from other colors. Other colors can be made lighter by adding white.
Andrew Pugach, I love your work and the way you explain the topic, please permit me to make use of your image and the colour mixing instruction table in writing and teaching in my school. you will be acknowledged. Thank you.
Ejiohuo Benjamin
Hi Benjamin!
Sure you can use it in writing and teaching in your school