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What colors do you mix together to make black?

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The primary colours of light are red, blue and yellow. If you subtract these from white you get cyan, magenta, and yellow. Mixing these generates new colours as shown on the colour wheel, or the circle on the right. Mixing these three primary colours generates Black. read more

To make black, start by gathering red, blue, and yellow paint, and squeeze an equal amount of each color onto a palette about 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) apart. Then, use a paint brush to mix and swirl the colors together on the palette for about 15 seconds. read more

Mixing all the colors together or even complimentary pairs will create a gray brown color called a chromatic neutral. What we commonly refer to as black has many variations in hue (color). The main quality of black is the very dark value. read more