So, to begin making magenta paint, first take some linseed oil. You can take a small amount first to check how it works and then make larger batches according to your need. Okay, add some magenta pigment to the linseed oil now. Finally, mix them well and you should get your desired magenta paint.
What Color Does Yellow And Magenta Make When Mixed?
The color Red is a primary color in both the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) color model and the RYB (Red, Yellow, Blue) color model whereas the color Yellow is a primary color in the RYB color wheel. The color Magenta is a secondary color which is the combination of Red and Blue in both color wheels. In the modern color wheel CMY (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow), Yellow, and Magenta colors are considered primary color which combines and provide Red color as result and it is considered a secondary color in this CMY color model.
If you mix 50% of Yellow paint and 50% of Magenta paint exactly then it will give Red color or sometimes other shades of Red color depending upon the nature of the other two colors. This is because there are different shades of Yellow color and different shades of Magenta color. If you exactly pick the default Yellow color i.e., #FFFF00 as in Hex Code or RGB(255,255,0), and the default Magenta color i.e., #FF00FF as in Hex Code or RGB(255,0,255) then it will provide the expected Yellow color without having the shades of other colors.
Overview of Red Color:
The Hex Code for default Red is #FF0000 and the RGB() combination for default Red is RGB(255,0,0). There are different shades of Red color. Some of them are Indian Red, Ruby Red, Cherry, Candy, Apple, Berry, Orange Red, Currant, Blush, Blood, Whine, Crimson, Garnet, Pastel Red, etc.
Red was the first color added to languages after black and white. It is most frequently used in many arts to portray the important description of the art. The word or term Red is derived from the Sanskrit word and Proto-Germanic rauthaz. Red is the most common color used in ancient times and today's era also. The color Red is used to express the following meanings or terms, War, Strength, Physical Courage, Danger, Anger, Love, Heat, Passion, Joy, Sensitivity, Determination, Stress, etc. The color Red is most commonly associated with nature such as Vegetables such as Tomato, Red Capsicum, Red Chilly, Red Cabbage, Red Onion, Tomato, Radish, etc., and Fruits such as Apple, Cherry, Plums, Cranberry, Pomegranate, Red Grapefruit, Blood orange, etc., Outer appearances of Animals, Birds, Reptiles and Insects such as Red Squirrel, Red Fox, Red Panda, Bug, Cockroach, Red Poison Dart Frogs, Red Snake, Cardinal, Red Crossbill, Northern Cardinal, Summer Tanager, Hepatic Tanager, etc., The color Red can also be seen in the Rainbows. Many natural minerals are having Red color such as Ruby, Red Diamond, Jasper, Garnet, etc.
Lighten the Red Color:
There are some ways to reduce the red color to light red color. This can be done in the following ways.
- Red is a mixture of two primary colors Yellow and Magenta. Here the color Yellow is having a light shade when compared to another primary color Magenta. If you feel that the Red color is darker than you expected and you want to make it a lighter shade of Red then you will mix a certain amount of Yellow color in the Red color to have the desired amount of expected light-red color. It also sometimes looks yellow-red.
- Another way is to add White color. A mixture of a certain amount of White color with the Red color turns it into light-red color. Here, you don’t need to add Yellow color because the mixture of White color with Red color is enough to have the expected light-red color.
What Is Magenta – Some Closer Colors to Magenta
The color magenta can be described in many ways, some may define it to be a purplish-red color while others may consider it to be a mauvish-crimson color. But no matter what people call it, we all have to admit that it’s a real luxurious color.
The word magenta came from an aniline dye that dates back to 1859 when a French chemist named François-Emmanuel Verguin first made and patented it. One amazing fact about magenta is that at first, he named it fuchsine. It was later renamed magenta to celebrate the victory of the Italian-French side at the battle of Magenta which was fought between the Austrians and French.
The shades that are close to magenta may vary from person to person. Some would say that it is close to purple and some may say that it has a pinkish purple look. The fun fact is that in both additive and subtractive color models, you will find magenta sitting exactly in the middle of blue and red.
What Colors Make Magenta?
Before answering this question, let’s revise some chapters from elementary school color theory. Can you remember that the primary colors were Red, Yellow, and Blue and secondary colors were Purple, Orange, and Green? Did you notice magenta anywhere?
No, right? That’s because what you learned in elementary school was based on the RYB color model which comes from the traditional Red, Yellow, and Blue based painting. However, there are other color models like CMYK or RGB where magenta has a significant impact. Let’s discuss them briefly.
CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black)
The name of this model is self-explanatory, you can see that magenta is one of the base colors of this model. And the CMYK color model is widely used in the printing industry like printing newspapers, magazines, etc. The same model is used in your office printers. So, if you are working with a CMYK model, you don’t need to mix any additional colors to make the magenta color.
RGB (Red, Green, Blue)
This color model is widely used to visualize things in the screens that we use daily, like TVs, Smartphone, computer monitors, etc. In this model, we can make a magenta color by mixing two colors and the colors are red and blue.
But when we are talking about traditional paint mixing, you may try to mix red and blue to get the magenta color, but I think you will end up with something violet, not magenta. That’s why we said that it’s a tricky-to-make color in the beginning.
However, you can achieve a nice-looking shade of magenta if you do acrylic color mixing and use Purple with Alizarin Crimson or Crimson Lake. And you may use blue and red to make magenta but the shade may not be an accurate one which we said earlier.
What Two Colors Make Magenta?
Probably you have already got some ideas about the two colors that make magenta. When we are talking about the RGB color model, you can mix red and blue to make the magenta color.
In acrylic paint mixing, you can use purple with alizarin crimson or crimson lake to achieve a nice shade of magenta color.
However, also in acrylic paint mixing, you can achieve a nice fuchsia color using red and blue but you need to add some other colors as well. Fuchsia is the identical twin of magenta. But the problem is that the rule for making magenta with two colors will be omitted then.
