paint mixing
Stirring pigments together
Paint mixing is the process of combining paints to achieve a desired color, consistency, or quantity.
In art, this involves blending pigments on a palette: She spent time paint mixing before starting the portrait.
In hardware and paint stores, paint mixing refers to the mechanical process of tinting base paints to match specific colors: The paint mixing took about five minutes at the counter.
- primary colorsUnmixable base pigments
- tintFaint color addition
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- pigmentColor-imparting material
- hueColor's specific character
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