Color Mixing Guide- Interference Colors: Using Color and Light Theory To Test Interference Mixing

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

Do you use interference or mica in your acrylic pours? What is your favorite combination to use?

[@nicolefesta4156]

I use them to make nail polish. They are quite confusing when you mix them into other colors,🙃

[@nicolefesta4156]

You did a very good job at explaining and showing how interference pigments (deductive not additive) colors work and mix together because they are super confusing to most !

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

@Nicole Festa Thank you! I appreciate your feedback! It was oddly hard to find a lot of information on the way they work. Once I figured out that they work kind of like little lights, it started to make more sense!

[@eb991]

Three weeks, three whole weeks I have searched for information on mixing interference colors! Finding your video answered questions I wasn’t sure how to ask or knew they were even questions yet! Thank you for an amazing video, to the point, science based and put together beautifully! Thank you thank you!!!!

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

I am SO GLAD I could help!! The information is somewhat hidden. There are a few websites here and there that have snippets of info, but I found most of the technical information from papers and research on iridescent insects and auto paint! Once I figured out the light mixing properties of interference paints, things started to make more sense! Thank you for watching! I'm so glad I could help clear things up a bit!

[@shawna444]

I second that!!!! I was about to throw in the towel and began to wonder if interference paints usage was a classified process locked in a vault at Fort Knox!!!

[@moniquehebert178]

Awesome video! Thanks for the great explanation!

[@avileno50]

Excelent video , thanks a lot.

[@chromawavecreations7460]

That was definitely and by far the BEST demonstration and explanation of interference paint!

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

Thanks for watching! I'm so glad that it has helped people out! I had a hard time finding information when I first started working with them, so my hope was to narrow it down for the next person. If you want to dig a bit deeper into some of it, I actually got a lot of information by looking at papers published about car paints. Since using they've been used in that industry for so long, they have a bit more info to go on.

[@debrahaberman5592]

❤ thank you!

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

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[@shawna444]

NOBODY explains this better than you do! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I had been close to giving up finding an authentic, detailed, thorough explanation on how to use these. Your tutorial is easy to understand, extremely intelligent, and just outright classy. Plus I not only love your art, I love your accent! Reminds me of home.😁💯💐

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

I am thrilled to know that it is helping people! It took forever to find information. They are such magical colors that I was stunned to find so little available information on how they work! I hope it helps on your next art journey! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment! I really appreciate hearing from you all! P.S- from Alabama originally, but living in Tennessee. I'm pretty sure it shows 🤣

[@viclizardi6152]

Thanks for this

[@bulldogsathome]

Thank you so much! I have just discovered interference paints and totally have been lost! This clears up so much for me! Thank you!

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

I'm so glad you found it useful! Good luck with them, and thanks for watching!

[@dleigh4534]

I must be getting tired because this one started going over my head. I will finish watching later from the beginning!

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

If you have any questions after, feel free to ask! I'll do my best to clear anything up!

[@angiekinzoguinn5142]

Thanks for this!!💜

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

Glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching!

[@brendaroberts1550]

Thank you for sharing this ...it sure is a great help ❤️😍🥰❤️

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

I'm so glad that it was useful for you! Thanks for watching!

[@rosemarywhite6202]

what do you mix in the interference colours? to start? is it just your basic pouring medium?

[@royalecrafts6252]

those are NOT transparent paints, since they have pigments, they could be semi translucent and translucent but NOT transparents, you are literally killing the interference while adding more pigment to it, use acrylic ink to tint them or true water based candy dyes

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

Hi! I'm sorry for any confusion on the transparent vs. translucent wording. I am pulling the following directly from the Liquitex website ( www.liquitex.com/row/knowledge/acrylic-painting-terms/ ) : Opaque - these colors do not allow light to pass through the color layer and offer the best coverage or hiding power Semi-opaque - these allow for some light to pass through the color layer and sit between opaque and transparent colors Transparent - these colors offer the least coverage and allow light to pass through the color layer to the surface below. They are perfect for glazing and watercolor effects I have never used water based candy dyes before, so I can't say anything about them. I use bodied acrylics because I feel it gives me a bit more control over my consistency when mixing with pouring mediums. Once again, I apologize for any confusion here, I am by no means an expert, but seeing as how there isn't a whole lot of information on the subject, I felt I would share what I figured out.

[@sandyfranklin1123]

The information about color is incorrect!! The primary colors are red blue and YELLOW bit red blue and green!! Red and green do NOT combine to make yellow!!!

[@NewNormalEclecticDesigns]

I think you may be referring to the Light Mixing Color Wheel that I show in the video. Light mixing theory works based on the colors our eyes detect. The rods and cones in our eyes can only see light in red, blue and green. The Color Wheel for mixing pigment is different. It is the standard color wheel you are taught in childhood. I apologize for any confusion.

[@nicolefesta4156]

She is correct when she said primary colors blue red green when it involves deductive colors mean interference

[@Bebeshopiro]

The pigment color wheel differs from light color wheels. From our physics class we know white LIGHT is made up of all colors mixed together. We all know if you add all pigments you will not get white. More like a muddy brown-black. Light and pigment have different properties. Excellent presentation about interference paints which are light reflecting, so light physics apply here.

[@moniquehebert178]

Thanks!