HoosierQ
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Sarduy made a post and showed a wonderful paint job. I commented on the use of colors neither warm nor cool...truely neutral. I have gotten a professional artist to comment here on how to create truely neutral colors that not only blend into a variety of backgrounds but are hard for the eye to focus on.
Some of this may seem counter intuitive but this is all based on 50 years of study in color theory. I've got the basic color I think folks here on THR are going to want to paint guns, grey, green, brown, and tan. Here goes...
Nuetral Gray - Most commercial grays are slightly blue-a truly neutral gray is a mixture of this kind of gray and a tan that is not too yellow -(more like a light brown).
Neutral Green -To make a neutral gray green use a tan or brown that is yellowish and add gray or black.
Neutral Brown - Neutral brown is made by adding black to red or orange with just a little white to keep in neutral.
Neutral Tan - Neutral tan can be made by adding white to brown (white tends to be bluish so a tiny bit of yellow or orange might be needed to counter this).
Hope this helps on your next paint job project.
Some of this may seem counter intuitive but this is all based on 50 years of study in color theory. I've got the basic color I think folks here on THR are going to want to paint guns, grey, green, brown, and tan. Here goes...
Nuetral Gray - Most commercial grays are slightly blue-a truly neutral gray is a mixture of this kind of gray and a tan that is not too yellow -(more like a light brown).
Neutral Green -To make a neutral gray green use a tan or brown that is yellowish and add gray or black.
Neutral Brown - Neutral brown is made by adding black to red or orange with just a little white to keep in neutral.
Neutral Tan - Neutral tan can be made by adding white to brown (white tends to be bluish so a tiny bit of yellow or orange might be needed to counter this).
Hope this helps on your next paint job project.