The lilac color is quite common in nature. Lilacs, violets and many other flowers have exactly this color. In some European cultures, lilac is considered the royal color. Psychologists also have an interpretation of it. The preference that a person gives to this color is sometimes interpreted as a tendency to loneliness and meditation. Lilac is not one of the primary colors. This means that it is obtained by mixing paints.
It is necessary
- - color circle;
- - NCS color catalog;
- - paints in blue, red and white;
- - palette;
- - mixing utensils.
Instructions
Step 1
Any others can be obtained from the base colors. Therefore, for experimenting with purple, take the smallest box of gouache. There may be only six colors in a set, or even four, and that will be enough. Get a deep purple color first. Mix equal proportions of red and blue paints. In fact, violet has several shades, in sets of artistic paints two are very often presented - "violet K" and "violet C". In the first case, more red paint is taken, in the second, respectively, blue. In the color wheel, the first hue will be between the purple and red sectors, and the second between the purple and blue.
Step 2
Add whitewash to the resulting paint. Lilac color has many shades, it can be dark and light. You can add about the same amount of white as there were blue and red paints. If you want an even lighter shade, add some more white.
Step 3
You can do it differently. First, dilute the blue and red paints with whitewash. You will get blue and pink. By mixing them, you get a purple color. And in this case, you can also try to make different shades of it. By adding more blue, you get a color that is in the blue end of the spectrum. If it is more pink, then the hue is in the red part of the color wheel.
Step 4
When working with watercolors, whitewash is rarely used. In this case, water plays the role of a clarifier. In the same way as for painting with gouache, mix red and blue paints, resulting in purple. Then dilute it with water.
Step 5
If you need to cover a large surface with oil paint or enamel but your nearest hardware store does not have a suitable shade, contact your specialist store. You can always use the catalog there. Color samples are even displayed on special stands. You just choose the one you want and ask the seller to get it. This is done in special machines that allow you to get a large amount of paint of the same shade. For small volumes, use the same method as for gouache.
Step 6
On a computer, purple can be obtained in several ways. Open Adobe Photoshop. Find the "Image" section in the top menu. By clicking on this button, you will get a drop-down menu, which has a line "Mode". It offers you several options, in this case you may be interested in RGB and CMYK modes. In the first case, lilac is obtained by the color composition method, that is, in about the same way as when working with ordinary paints. First add red and blue to make purple. Then increase the brightness to the color saturation you want. In CMYK mode, the desired shades are obtained by subtraction from white. In this program, as in some other editors, you can get the purple color in an even easier way. Open a picture with a color wheel. Set the RGB mode In the left menu, find the button on which the eyedropper is drawn. Place it at the point on the color wheel where the color you want is located. You will see how one of the squares at the bottom of the sidebar will be colored in the same color.
