--- title: 4 incredible mixed colours with acrylic paints url: "https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/en/farben-blog/blog/diy-ideas-for-crafters/2025/2/19/4-incredible-mixed-colours-with-acrylic-paints" description: "White makes colours lighter, black darkens them. Many will be familiar with the colour circle. So it’s clear that a mix of red and blue makes violet. But other colour combinations yield surprising results. For instance, you can mix light blue without using the colour blue. Our insider tip is magenta. We reveal how light blue can be mixed from magenta and explain other unusual colour mixes. Let’s get started: let’s mix acrylic paints like professionals." date: 2019-02-07 modified: 2021-05-03 type: article --- # 4 incredible mixed colours with acrylic paints ![](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/fileadmin/_processed_/9/3/csm_Hintergrund_Website_2024_ec1a546481.png) ![Kreul](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/3/4/csm_ckreul-logo_3323711796.jpg) Toggle Submenu [ ![Kreul](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/7/c/csm_Kreul-LogoWischer_0661d95396.jpg) ](https://www.c-kreul.de/en/kreul/homepage/) EN Available Languages- [ DE ](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/blog/farben-blog/diy-ideen-fuer-kreative/2025/2/19/4-unglaubliche-farbmischungen-mit-acrylfarben) - [ EN ](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/en/farben-blog/blog/diy-ideas-for-crafters/2025/2/19/4-incredible-mixed-colours-with-acrylic-paints) Search - [Blog](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/en/farben-blog/blog) - [DIY-ideas for crafters](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/en/farben-blog/blog/diy-ideas-for-crafters) - [4 incredible mixed colours with acrylic paints](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/en/farben-blog/blog/diy-ideas-for-crafters/2025/2/19/4-incredible-mixed-colours-with-acrylic-paints) ![Pinsel und Palette mit KREUL Acrylfarbe Magenta](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/fileadmin/_processed_/2/6/csm_KREUL_Farbmischungen_Titel1a_42e95c4f65.jpg "Hellblau mischen ohne Blau mit Magenta Farbmisch Tipp KREUL Künstler Acrylfarben SOLO GOYA Acrylic") ### 4 incredible mixed colours with acrylic paints *02/19/2025* | *- [ Ideen für Kreative ](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/en/farben-blog/blog/diy-ideas-for-crafters) - [ Ideen für Künstler ](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/en/farben-blog/farben-blog/tips-for-artists)* White makes colours lighter, black darkens them. Many will be familiar with the colour circle. So it’s clear that a mix of red and blue makes violet. But other colour combinations yield surprising results. For instance, you can mix light blue without using the colour blue. Our insider tip is magenta. We reveal how light blue can be mixed from magenta and explain other unusual colour mixes. Let’s get started: let’s mix acrylic paints like professionals. ![](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/fileadmin/_processed_/3/e/csm_KREUL_Farbmischungen_Magenta_Dunkelgruen_eceeaece67.jpg "Magenta Grün Blaugrau Hellblau mischen mit Acrylfarbe SOLO GOYA Farbmischung Tipp Tutorial") ### Mixing light blue without blue It may sound mad, but it is really quite logical. If you have no blue at hand when you’re painting with acrylics, then you can use a colour that contain lots of blue. A bluish dark green is such a shade. Magenta, too, is actually a shade of red with a blue content. We mix SOLO GOYA Acrylic Magenta with SOLO GOYA Acrylic Dark Green, using a bit more magenta than dark green. This mix gives us a bluish grey. Now for the surprise effect: We mix in lots of SOLO GOYA Acrylic White and get a soft shade of light blue. ![](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/fileadmin/_processed_/1/e/csm_KREUL_Farbmischungen_Pink_Silber_b7d1d893d6.jpg "Glitzer Lila Metallic Farbe Mauve mischen mit Neon Pink und Silber KREUL Acrylfarbe") Glittering purple shade with the help of silver ------------------------------------------------- Metallic colours are just so cool, adding a great highlight to acrylic artwork. With the KREUL Acrylic Metallic Paint in Silver you can mix your own glittering colours. But you have to remember that silver not only shimmers, it is also a shade of grey. If you mix a colour with silver, it also gets darker and less bright. That isn't a problem if you use an intense shade as a starting colour. That's why we are mixing some KREUL Acrylic Neon Pink with the silver. The intense neon shade is turned into a gentle purple with a glittering effect. ![](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/fileadmin/_processed_/6/4/csm_KREUL_Farbmischungen_Gelb_Schwarz_1040e8a7fb.jpg "Grün mischen Acrylfarbe KREUL Künstler Tipp Anleitung aus Gelb und Schwarz") ### Making warm light green with black There are lots of ready-mixed green shades. You can adjust the colour of these with blue or yellow. For the simplest option, you can mix the two primary colours themselves to a green shade. But yellow and black together make green, too. An unusual combination that requires a bit of daring, after all too much black quickly turns the mix too dark. We add a little SOLO GOYA Acrylic Black to SOLO GOYA Acrylic Genuine Yellow Light. We get a warm, olive green shade. This looks very natural and is perfect for painting foliage or landscapes. ![](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/fileadmin/_processed_/e/c/csm_Farbmischungen_KREUL_Acrylfarben_4_ab8a494d08.jpg "Farbe Braun selber mischen aus Rot und Grün Acrylfarben Künstler KREUL SOLO GOYA Anleitung Tipp") ### Mixing chocolate brown from red and green Run out of brown while painting? No problem, you can mix a natural brown shade yourself. For this, we use the knowledge that complementary colours can be mixed to neutral shades. Usually, it is a greyish colour. But red and green mix to brown. You can get an exceptionally beautiful brown with a warm and bright green like SOLO GOYA Acrylic Foliage Green. We add SOLO GOYA Acrylic Vermilion Red Light and are wowed by a brown that's perfect for painting still life. Incidentally, adding Vermilion Red Light to SOLO GOYA Acrylic Primary Blue will get you a very stylish dark grey. ### Material [SOLO GOYA Acrylic](https://www.c-kreul.de/en/products/colors/artists/artists-acrylic-colors/solo-goya-acrylic/) [KREUL Acrylic Metallic Paint](https://www.c-kreul.de/en/products/colors/crafters/decorating-and-crafting-paints/kreul-acrylic-metallic-paint/) [KREUL Acrylic Neon Paint](https://www.c-kreul.de/en/products/colors/crafters/decorating-and-crafting-paints/kreul-acrylic-neon-paint/) - [\#Acrylmalerei](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/en/farben-blog/blog/diy-ideas-for-crafters/page?tx_news_pi1%5BoverwriteDemand%5D%5Btags%5D=121&cHash=f6d19f8ff3522e5d19c92f949527b81a) - [ Previous Entry: Five questions about KREUL Kids Art ](https://farben-blog.c-kreul.de/en/farben-blog/blog/playing-ideas-for-kids/2025/2/13/five-questions-about-kreul-kids-art) - [ Next Entry: Fränkisch. Farbstark. Familiär. Or "Franconian. Strong in Colour. 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