How to choose a color scheme for acrylic paint?

Many buyers are looking for the appropriate color scheme because the finished acrylic paint is not available in the desired shade or because buyers need a special color. Today on the market you can find a lot of different color options from both domestic and foreign manufacturers. However, before making a purchase, it is very important to know the intricacies of choosing one or another color scheme for acrylic enamel.

Color for acrylic paint is a special concentrated dye, which is added in a certain amount to the dye mixture to obtain a particular shade. Subsequently, the paint is thoroughly mixed with the pigment and applied to the required surface. The shade of the mixture can be adjusted manually according to the recommendations given in the instructions.

Using the correct proportion, you can get the desired intensity tone of a particular color., and you can also mix several shades of colors by adding them to one acrylic mixture.

In order to choose the right color for paint, you should know the main varieties of such pigments. Today, many manufacturers offer universal colors that are simultaneously suitable for a wide variety of paints. They are considered to be the most popular among buyers.

Among the wide assortment you can find color pastes and colorants for acrylic paints. As part of the latter, special resins are used that increase the solubility, but at the same time reduce the viscosity of the pastes.

Tinting paint, when mixed with acrylic paint or enamel, allows you to achieve any desired shade. Color paste can be universal and suitable for all types of paints or for some specific options. With pastes, it is very important to observe all proportions in achieving a particular shade of paint.

On the Russian market there are colors based on organic and inorganic pigments. Organic varieties are considered brighter and more saturated, but they are less lightfast, in addition, chemical and alkaline effects are highly undesirable for them.

Colors with inorganic pigments are considered more lightfast, they do not fade over time and do not lose their former brightness, but at the same time they do not have the largest color palette.

Many manufacturers offer matte color options as well as pearlescent options and metallic sheen colorants. All are suitable for most types of acrylic paints and enamels.

When choosing a color scheme, do not forget that water-based pigments in their usual form look much brighter and richer than in an already dried one. This factor must be taken into account when choosing the right pigment.

When choosing the desired shade of color, do not forget to consider:

• Indoor lighting. Artificial can give cold colors a slightly warmer hue, but warm colors can look lighter;
• Light colors of color schemes, for example, one-time, powdery and milky, can help visually expand even a small room, for example, if you are going to paint a wall with acrylic paint.

In addition, if you are not sure that you have correctly calculated the amount of material you need, including color, it is best to use the services of specialists.

Most often, colors are used when you need to choose a certain shade, taking into account the entire design of the room, as well as when decorating the interior, when you may need some special color of acrylic paint. But to get it, you just need to add the necessary pigment to the acrylic mixture.

Also, colors may be needed if the shade of paint you need is not on the counter. Thanks to the correctly chosen colors, you can not only revive the design of the room, but also make cosmetic repairs in a fairly short time.

Before proceeding with the selection of acrylic enamel and the required color scheme, be sure to make all the calculations of the materials.

Paint tinting can be done in two ways:

• Manually;
• Using a computer.

Since everyone works by hand at home, acrylic paints with a color scheme need to be diluted about 10% more than you need. This is done because it can be very difficult, if not impossible, to reproduce the same color.

Coloring paint is best done in one container so that the acrylic mixture with a tint is homogeneous. Otherwise, diluting paint with color scheme in different containers, you risk getting completely different shades.

Also, do not forget about the following important points before tint paint:

• Acrylic mixtures, which are intended for interior decoration, are often whiter than all others. This is an undoubted advantage, since when tinting such paints, the future shade will turn out to be cleaner and more saturated, and also there will not be any stains and impurities in it;
• Try to purchase acrylic paints and enamels solely for their intended purpose, since their compositions may differ, and this is especially important, since the color will also slightly affect the composition. If in the future you use the paint for other purposes, then it will not serve you for the prescribed period;
• Matte colors of color schemes will look more restrained compared to glossy options, which can shimmer and play in a peculiar way with shades.

Despite the fact that both acrylic paints and colors are safe for humans, work with them exclusively with gloves. In addition, it is important to know that high-quality color products do not have characteristic and unpleasant odors. It will not be difficult to dilute the paint with a color scheme, but the necessary shade must be thought out in advance.

Tips for tinting acrylic paint - in the next video.