why is it when you add colour pigments together in any order it always comes out the same colour(BROWN)?

Answer 1

Because the color god had a muddy sense of humor!

Answer 2

Primary Colours

RED + YELLOW + BLUE + RED

= = =

Secondary colours

ORANGE GREEN PURPLE

If you mix the three primary colours you will get grey.
(Your muddy brown is probably technically speaking a grey)

It follows that mixing a secondary colour with the remaining pr colour you will achieve grey. eg RED+ GREEN =GREY(brown)

Mixing Primary colours to make secondary colours only REALLY works properly if the RED that you use IS a primary red.

Many reds are not TRUE reds, but already have other colours mixed into them to make the variation.

So you need to start with Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow and Cerulean Blue. Some ranges actually sell a 'primary' red, yellow and blue(windsor and newton goache).

With practice you'll get the 'feel' of colour mixing. Just be patient and you'll get there. It takes a lot of time, but it's time 'well invested'.

I found this link when I 'yahoo'd' colour theory. There's lots of stuff on the web that you can read to help you understand it more, but practice is the key.

http://www.pet-portraitartist.com/learning-to-paint-and-draw/Colour-theory.htm

All the best-sw

Answer 3

Mixing red, yellow and blue (all three primary colors) makes brown. To avoid this don't mix all three. Look at a color wheel and remember that mixing any two primaries= a secondary color(orange, purple and green) and mixing a primary and a secondary color= an intermediate color(all the colors with two names such as yellow-green, red-orange, blue-green, etc.). Mixing opposite colors is the best way to dull a color. For example if the color wheel red is too bright add a little of the color opposite red which is green and your red will become duller. Keep adding green until it is as dull as you want it. When opposites or complementary colors are mixed in equal amounts they =a neutral grayed color. If you are going to use the rules of the color wheel, you should have pure colors not colors already mixed with something. Start with primary red, yellow and blue and you should be able to mix any other color. Use the neutrals black and white to lighten or darken your colors. White + any color =a pastel of those colors. Black + any color = a shade of those colors or a darker version. Anytime you mix too many colors together you will end up combining all three primaries and get that brown you are trying to avoid.

Answer 4

If you mix any 3 colors together, you will get brown. If you mix a primary with a tuciary, you will get brown. The primary colors are yellow, red and blue. Any other color is a tuciary color (except white and black, don't get me started on them). Tuciary means secondary, meaning, primary and something else, like red and yellow making orange or blue and yellow making green. So a tuciary is already 2 colors mixed together, mix it with a 3rd color...and you get BROWN!

Answer 5

It's the ones your putting together. Check out a color wheel, this will help you see which ones go well together.

Answer 6

No, but brown and grey are what it tends to.
However, if you mix blues and greens you'll never get brown until you put red in it.

Answer 7

if your pigments arent inert, they will have a chemical reaction to your base and slowly turn brown. what type of pigments are you using and with what base and for what purpose?

Answer 8

well u learned the theory
primaries are neutralized when they're mixed together

Answer 9

because your pigments are not pure.

Answer 10

one of lifes little mysteries....