{"id":19777,"date":"2015-06-08T03:05:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T10:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19777"},"modified":"2015-06-05T16:35:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T23:35:03","slug":"polymer-clay-color-mixing-making-mud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-color-mixing-making-mud\/19777\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Polymer Clay Color, by Making Mud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19777#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2015-06\/08-90674-understanding-muddy-colors.jpg\" alt=\"Understanding Muddy Colors - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #674:<\/span> Do you know what color you get, when you mix the 3 primary colors together? <em>Yellow + Blue + Red = Muddy Brown!<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I am going to teach you a little bit more about understanding polymerclay color mixing&#8230; by making mud.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Do you remember back in Elementary School, when you got your box of paints out, and you had all the pretty colors of the rainbow to put onto your painting?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Well, if you mixed all those colors together, you ended up with basically a really muddy brown color.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">That is because you were mixing all three primary colors together which ends up making mud.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The same thing happens with polymer clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">To show you what I mean, I took a ball of scrap polymer clay (which basically has all the different colors in it) and I cut the ball in half. I mixed the one half together until it was blended and ended up with this brown mud color.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Back when we were learning about the primary colors, if you mixed all three of the primary colors together, you would get brown. And that is exactly what I did get.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I mixed Cadmium Red with Zinc Yellow and Cobalt Blue&#8230; and got dark brown.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Well, we also learned that if you mix only two of the primary colors together, you would get the other secondary colors, which are red+yellow=orange, yellow+blue=green, and red+blue=purple.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now take a look at this particular purple&#8230; it&#8217;s a purple alright, but it is kind of muddy, if you compare it to Premo Purple.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The reason for that is that when you are mixing Cadmium Red and Cobalt Blue, you are not actually mixing only two primary colors together&#8230; you are actually mixing three. Because if you take a look carefully at this red (Cadmium Red), it has a touch of yellow in it. It is kind of on the orangey side. Which means you&#8217;ve actually got the red, the blue and a touch of yellow in the mix&#8230; all three primary colors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now because the red and the blue are the most dominate, you&#8217;re basically getting a purple. But, because of that touch of yellow, it is a little on the muddy side.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This issue happens with all the colors of clay in the Premo line (and most other brands too).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If we take the colors from the red line, Cadmium Red, Pomegranate, and Fuchsia you can see that they are quite different looking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cadmium Red has quite a bit of yellow in it&#8230; it has more of an orangey look. It is what we call a warm color. Think yellow like the sun, and the sun is warm. so yellow in a color makes it warm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Pomegranate is more of a neutral color&#8230; it has both warm and cool reds in it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Fuchsia has a lot of blue in it. When you look at it, it looks more purpley. So that would be what we consider a cool red. Think blue like ice and ice is cool, so blue is a cool color.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So, when you&#8217;re mixing any one of these three reds, you are going to end up with different results, depending on what you&#8217;re mixing it with.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When we saw the mix with the Cadmim Red and the Cobalt Blue, we got kind of a muddy purple because of the touch of yellow in the red.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you mix the same Cobalt Blue with Pomegranate instead, you get a little less muddy purple because that red is more neutral but still has all three primaries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When we mix Cobalt Blue with Fuchsia instead, we are back to using only two primaries again&#8230; with the Fuchsia being a cool red with a touch of blue mixing with the Cobalt (no yellow) we end up with a more pure or cleaner purple color.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The same thing holds true when we mix the different reds with Zinc Yellow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cadmium Red with Zinc Yellow has only two primaries and therefore, ends up as a clean orange. Pomegranate and Zinc Yellow mixed together, give a slightly muddy orange. And Fuchsia mixed with Zinc Yellow givs a very muddy orange.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So the trick here is&#8230; if you want your colors more pure, really look at your base colors that you&#8217;re mixing. How many primaries are you mixing together? Does that color look a little bit warm like it maybe has a touch of yellow in it? Or does it maybe have a touch of blue in it?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you have three primaries you are going to have a muddy color and if you only have two, you&#8217;ll have a cleaner color.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Hopefully that was clear as mud for everyone&#8230; I mean that in a good way. Understanding muddy colors will definitely help you when you are trying to mix up a particular shade of something.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wcpu1-3saos?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17437#video\">Color Plus 1 Mixing Trick<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17922#video\">Polymer Clay Color Saturation<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=12644#video\">Mixing Custom Color Recipes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=131\">Learning About Polymer Clay Color Mixing<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. 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