Hi ladyd58,
Usually, adding white to any color will result in a lighter shade of
that color (and, similarly, adding black will make it darker).
However, red is a special case. When you try to "lighten" red by
adding white you get pink.
If you are interested in getting a lighter red, there are some
techniques. One is to mix the red with a very small amount of orange
and/or yellow. This will keep the warm tones in the paint, making the
result a less intense red, rather than pink. This is because while
the white tint is very "cool" and tones down the "warm" red color,
orange and yellow are also "warm" colors and won't make your resulting
color "cool." Of course, you have to be really careful to make sure
you don't get orange! Other ways of lightening red include adding
water (to make a colorwash effect) or using another type of red -
there are many different sources of red tint, each with its own
intensity.
This site may be of interest to you:
WetCanvass: ArtSchool Online
http://www.wetcanvas.com/ArtSchool/Color/ColorTheory/Lesson12/
This lesson on color theory and mixing has a lot of good advice on how
to get the colors you want when mixing paints.
I found this website by doing a search of the Google search engine for
the following terms:
"lighter red"
mixing
tempera paint
librariankt |
