I spent years learning painting with an instructor and he never told me why he used orange and white to have a highlight for a red base color!!! He rubbed me out of money and never let me become independent. To the extent that I just gave up painting because I didn't understand how to mix colors! 😠😠😠😠 I didn't go to a painting school and didn't even know that color theory books existed. I always thought it was just talent and I didn't have all the necessary talent for painting! I can't believe the theory is so simple and now everything makes sense. Thank you very much for this video. I want to go back to painting again and this video gave me a lot of hope. It was amazing. I will subscribe to your website as well. I need all the lessons. Thank youuuu.

I'm an artist and i must say this is one of the best color theory tutorial I have seen so far in KZfaq.

Believe me folks I watched many videos about colour mixig and this is short & sweet & the best video that explains very well & now I honestly realised my mixing mistakes. Thank you for so simple to understand video.

This is THE best tutorial of mixing color I've ever found. Thank you for sharing!!!

I have just learned more about colour and art than I ever have in my entire life. Thank you so much and God bless you.

Fantastic job. I just now looked at the date you uploaded this. Nearly seven years later and you are still helping people. Awesome. Thank you for the effort.

Wonderful. Cant stop thinking about how good teacher you are. God Bless You!

everyone just bet around the bush and add there own theoretical opinions about it but he goes to the core of the understanding and gives you the universal key. thank you for helping to create more art in the world

This is an incredible video. I learned more about color mixing in these nine minutes than in all the other videos I've watched combined.

So many people have tried to explain this to me but finally I really do feel I understand it. Thank you so much, every art teacher should watch this as an example of how to explain colour theory.

Go South Africa! This accent takes me back to school days. Thanks for sharing this so simply and freely.

Thiis is by far the best tutorial that I have watched or read about color. Simple precise explanations and examples. You did an exemplary job ! Thank you.A MUST WATCH!!!

OMG..I love you!! This made sense to me in a way that I can never forget. The reference of Yellow always pointing up is a perfect memory tool to understand shading and highlights. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou.

You've done a fantastic job in explaining those underlying mechanics behind the colors. I've fought so long and hard as to 'WHY' we mix complementary colors to make shadows. Thank you!

This is an Old video but one of the simplest to understand on KZfaq. Thank you so much.

ThIs is the best color mixing tutorial I have seen so far. Very well thought out and presented clearly and concisely. Big thumbs up.

The best and clearest explanation I've heard and seen. I'm not bad at mixing colours but this takes it to another level with the mixing of highlights and shadows. Now I'll make some notes for reminders.

I watched this video years ago, and it's still the best explanation of how to mix colors I have seen and heard.

I went to art school for 9 years and this is the best explanation I have ever received! Wish I could give you some of the student loan money they got!!!

I learned the importance of knowing the color bias, in order to give correct light and shadow. This is a simple way to explain. !!!! well done !!!! thank you

This is the best explanation I've seen of the color weel! I will be referring to it over and over. Thank you so much!

Thank you...no matter how often I watch or read an article on colour mixing I always learn something more! Jane (UK)

Thank you, this, to me is the clearest, concise video I've seen on color mixing ’rules’.

I have watched so much color painting videos but am still struggling to grasp the actual concept but this is so clear and precise. I've always admired people who are able to paint and think that it's sheer talent but today this video proved me wrong. Simplicity at it's best!! Now I finally understand the basic concept. Thank you for being such a great teacher!! God bless you!

Thank you for this wonderfully clear explanation. The first time I have truly understood why and how to mix colours. You’re a star. 👏😊

I am so glad I came across your tuturial. It is explained in such clear way and has inspired me to get on with mixing and painting. Thank you so much

This is a treasure , im finally not following a color mixing tutorial , im understanding what im doing , thank you dear , anything you think we should know don't hesitate from informing us you talent ❤️

You are a wonderful teacher. I've never had the color wheel explained so clearly. Great tute!

a very good teacher, making very complex and difficult thing understandable and easy is the main advantage of this video, many people speak many difficult terms, scientific names, many introduction and stories; but they just made things more complex and comlicated. What I need is to know and learn how to mix color well. and you did a great job

Hey man, indeed it's a best stuff about using a colour theory I've ever seen, red and heard in two languages - Russian and English. Great thanks for your job!

It starts to make sense. A good starting point. It answers many questions that seem a bit all over the place. Thank you.

This is an excellent easy to understand tutorial for beginner painters. I have shared the link with my students many times. Thank you for posting!

Thank goodness! BEST mixing theory I've seen. Very understandable with the animation and information. Thank you!!!

@Sarandib22 yes it presumes you have a natural "white" light source. If you have a light source that is tinted, the tint colour - in your case neon green - would affect each colour (mid, highlight & shadow. You would mix your paints as though a natural light source is lighting the subject, then either: Paint the scene with those colours and add a colour wash over the painting using the tint of the actual light source or: add some of the tint colour to each mix before you start painting.

Seriously the best explanation of the color wheel I’ve seen!

This short tutorial is packed with good information. The shadow portion explains a lot of the mystery I had with that issue. Thanks!

Thank you so much! Watched so many other videos which were not informative enough but yours explains everything from the very basics.

Hands down the best video I’ve seen on this yet! Answered all of my questions. Thank you!

Thanks: I've watched that clip a few times and now got a much simplified understanding of the process of mixing colours. I will use the principles outlined on my next attempt at painting, and look forward to success!

Thank you so much! This is a very informative video! and your diagram and animation really help better understand!

Such a fantastic video! I learn so much better through visual! I plan on watching this video once or twice, then on the third watch I will take down notes and paint along with the lesson so this is all ingrained in my memory!

Thank you so much . To a novice as myself this has been so so valuable.

I'm relearning color theory and I specifically sought out this video because of how much it helped me before. Simple and sweet! Thank you :)

This is the most understandable video I have seen so far, it feels like I finally understand how color mixing work and how to make my project look better! Thanks so much!

Excellent. By far the best tutorial on color mixing I found so far. Thank you sir!

I had been painting last 10yr, but these concepts ....for the first time. Thank you.

I have never fully realized that amixture could be more vibrant by adding white and yellow, and a purple can be highlighted with white and red or blue. Thanks for this!

This tutorial is the best I have found ever!!!

This is a excellent uncluttered tutorial. Beautifully explained and illustrated. Thanks.

One of the best demos. Simple and concise

Fantastic, as a new painter (basically for board miniatures), it's amazing to have this klind of tutorials available! Thanks a lot :)

These theories and practices literally took two years of me being in college to grasp from tone, hue, shade, chroma, highlights, mixing colors, making black, matching colors and mastering the color wheel. As a student the instructor gives you these odd assignments to make studies and grades you on your ability to apply previous studies to the current studies, but you never really see how they go together until you take a painting course or photography course in portraiture. You'd think they would shorten the time but a college student can not truly appreciate their learning experience if it were so streamlined. Thank you.

Thank You for this detailed tutorial, it help us a lot, especially to those who start to take on painting lesson. God Speed!

Thank you so much. I too, just learned more about mixing colors than I did in the Art class I attended.

Thanku so much for this video. Now I shall start understanding the colors more. I am begineer in laintin...and so far Was painting blindly following some random tutorials without any basic knowledge of color mixing.🙏Thanks so much.

best color mixing explanation i have seen so far

Thank you SO much for this fantastic tutorial! I am so looking forward to diving in deep into your channel....it’s what I’ve been asking the universe for... clear simple wonderful guidelines! 🙏💎🙏

The most fearfull part of oil painting for me is not drawing but mixing the paint. This tutorial was realy helpful. going to try it.

this is thebest color theory video online, it changed the way i color

The best explanation I've come across in years. Well done sir.

As long as yellow is at the top, then up is up towards yellow and down is downwards towards purple, regardless of whether you are on the left or right hand side of the colour wheel.

there are many different colour wheels that one can use. I have explained the RYB one here. You are clearly using the CMY colour wheel.

finally someone explained it so I could understand it ,thank you so much ,,time to dust off my rarely used color wheel .

That moment when someone explains something that nobody else does and it just clicks together in your brain. Been trying to move from drawing in grayscale over to using colors, but something always seemed to be off, especially when I tried to brighten things. Now it all makes sense, thanks.

Violet is not a secondary colour, but a tertiary colour - it's definition is "blueish purple" according to the dictionary., whereas purple is defined as the "color between blue and red". The correct term for the secondary color between red and blue is purple. Another common misused term for this secondary color is Mauve. Mauve is Purple with white added. for more info on this you can visit wikipedia or any dictionary

Amazing video out of all the color explanation videos i found on youtube this by far has been the best one thank you sooo much 🔥🔥🔥

@KillaMinis glad you enjoyed the colour mixinglesson KillaMinis

Finally a great and easy to understand video, thanks so much.

You sir...just opened my eyes and made my life so much easier.

You've got it explained in the simplest way ever. Thank you ❤

Man, why is it so hard to find such great videos on youtube?

After watching your video it has all suddenly clicked. I have painted for a few years and had some very unrealistic colour effects. I have studied the colour wheel before and got lost in explanations, this was a great one for understanding! Thanks once again :-)

the best tutorial i ve ever seen for color wheel , god bless you tank you so much .i ve already seen it 15 times :).

Simple to understand and the best colour wheel theory 🖌️

very difficult question to answer as a) it is a primary colour which are best bought in a tube in order to retain their vibrancy, b) it depends on what blues you already have available which can be modified

Glad it helped John, on our channel you will find a 2 hour webinar where I go into even more detail :-)

I AM A TATTOO ARTIST AND IS WHEEL COLOR MIXING WAS AWESOME..THANK YOU

Thank you for your explanation. I was injured almost a year ago and I'm getting cabin fever. My rotator cuff and back were damaged and it doesn't leave me a lot of options on hobbies. My girlfriend suggested I paint to release some of my imagination. My attempt tonight proved to me that yellow+blue=green isn't advanced enough to paint a stick figure well. Your video helps me tremendously. Thank you.

excellent! Thankyou very much in reminding us the basics and foundation of mixing colours.

Some of the most useful information in one video ever..

The explanation in highlights and shadows is so helpful! Thank you so much!!! Bless you!

Love the accent! Right on target with explaining the theory of colour and its relevance to creating more realistic 3D effects as oppose to my standard 2D efforts! Thanks for sharing, I have this vid locked and loaded for my canvas!

After many years I understand it clearly! Thanks.

bravo! if only all tutorials were full of useful information like this one

wow this literally made me a better painter in under 20mins(watched twice so I could really understand everything)

2nd time back to understand color theory - thanks a lot for this tutorial, very helpful for a new painter :) Cheers from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Baie Dankie, that has taught me a lot am trying to learn how to paint in acrylics and this has really explained so much

Thank you for this information. I am new to painting and so it will really be helpful to me in the coming months. I will be sure to check out all your other information. Thanks again!

It can be done...sort of. My painting lecturer at art school would not let us use black paint. We had to make it with red and blue paint. The "black" itself wasn't too bad, but when white was added to make grey, it was a bit bluish. It was in different ratios to making purple.

Simply amazing! I hope my paintjng will be better after watching this. Thank you, Paint Basket!

This is an incredible explanation!

lighter refers to the tonal value (how light or dark a colours is), brighter refers to how intense / vibrant the colour is. You would make a colour lighter by adding white. You would make a colour brighter by adding first it own colour back into the mix, then the next colour up on the colour wheel

Very good explanation, plus good comeback over the red/magenta issue. My brain is now calibrated, so look out, art.

Great tutorial especially for beginner artists like myself.

Also some watercolor painters don’t use black because of the dulling. I just mix a dark dark dark color that is almost black (which I think would still dull the color if added).

@JadenandQuinnlolz unfortunately you can't make red as it is one of the primary colours, you can however make derivatives of red. Lets say for example you are looking for a bright red (like a tomato or fire engine), you could use magenta and yellow to mix it. If you wanted a brighter red, you would add the next colour up, plus white (if necessary)

it is, but we split it into steps to help us find where along the value scale our colour is, that way it is easier to judge

this is my childhood. I watched this around 2012

I would think black. Which would be a tone of blue considering that Navy is not characterized by any other color just a dark version of the primary try it. I haven'nt mixed paints in years but this man knows what he is talking about i learned something i didnt even learn from my books.

Simple and great way to explain such a complicated thing. Thank you!!!