Color Play - Color Paint

This page shows the interaction of various color paints. These paints can be combined to make new colors. All colors of paint added together should give black, but will actually be brown or gray. Pigment (used in painting or printing) is often based on CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black).

Note: Actual paint or pigment will produce different colors than these. Some colors are stronger than others and will have a larger effect on the final color. For instance, yellow is not a strong color—extra yellow must be added to achieve the correct color.

Click on a paint can to pour it.

• Pour magenta and cyan; cyan and yellow; or yellow and magenta.
• Pour paints that are opposite each other; such as red/cyan, green/magenta, or blue/yellow.
• Pour two or three paints that are next to each other.
• Pour paints that are 1/3 away from each other (such as red, green, and blue; or cyan, yellow, and magenta).

Other color pages are located here: Color Play