How To Make Colors DARKER The Right Way | 3 Alternatives To Using Black

[@helencurtis9522]

thanks for the tips!

[@TheDanishPainter]

Thank you for watching 😊

[@BreannaKuhn-f6y]

Thank you! 🙏 😊

[@PaulWalesArt]

Brilliant! This is a great instructional video - and I'll definitely try your tips. Thank you.

[@MyVictory13]

Thank you so much for your wonderful tutorials. You are a very talented artist but also an extraordinary teacher. Thank you again for sharing your skills with all of us.

[@terizaccaro9838]

So helpful. Thank you!

[@jacolineloewen6530]

Very useful. Yes, reaching for black was my way to go.

[@fatoomgierdien2181]

An important lesson and helpful. Thank You

[@TheDanishPainter]

Thank you so much Fatoom!

[@sperrins595]

I absolutely love watching your videos..I have often searched for tutorials on neutral colours for landscapes with a limited palette.. please could you do a video on your favourite "go to" neutral earthy colours, how to mix them, and what do you love using? I've subscribed and think your style, methods and techniques are truly inspiring.. pls keep making them 😀 xx

[@TheDanishPainter]

You are in luck as I just made a video on my favorite "go to" neutrals and how I mix them. Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3XQlnynq7yres0 Thanks for watching :-)

[@EyeLean5280]

Very good! After we get past monochrome and grisaille paintings, I take black away from my students and teach them why their mixtures will be so much more interesting without it.

[@rosiekaplan1733]

I am anew fan! xx

[@TheDanishPainter]

Thank you kindly! Greetings from Denmark 🎨🎨

[@johnmcdylan]

Another great video. Thanks.

[@TheDanishPainter]

Thank you for watching😊🎨

[@zakariyamohamed6388]

I was learning mixing colors today and i was actually suprised that black and yellow turned out to be green, i couldn't believe my eyes and started mixing again the answer did not change olive green. Colors are really wonderful. And thank you for you lesson

[@TheDanishPainter]

Yes colors are wonderful and mixing them can be such a joy. Thanks for watching Zakariya!

[@zakariyamohamed6388]

@@TheDanishPainter you're welcome

[@nataliehagman2432]

Loved the video, learned a lot. Thank you.

[@TheDanishPainter]

That’s great! Thanks for your feedback and for watching 😊

[@artofvchannel9430]

Thank​ you​ very​much​

[@mumtazsamnani1237]

Thank you for sharing this tip again it helps

[@TheDanishPainter]

Thank you Mumtaz😊🎨

[@Mariafay_art]

The addition of purple still looked green to me, I definitely like the orange one best. 😀 x

[@tea1322]

Thank you so much!! ❤❤

[@topnarg5931]

Thank you.🥰

[@TheDanishPainter]

Thanks for watching!

[@carlametcalfe4342]

Thank you

[@saharm2454]

Thank you very helpful

[@TheDanishPainter]

You’re very welcome!

[@carlruss7003]

This is great!! could you explain how to do the opposite, make colours lighter without white? or is this ok to do?

[@vikistrand8639]

Thank you for the informative video! How should one darken a teal colour? Let's say you mix 50/50 blue and green but want to also have a darker shade available for details; what would be the correct way to darken the 50/50 mix?

[@seroku-vivereecreareconlen8143]

Molto utile, grazie!

[@TheDanishPainter]

Felice che tu l'abbia trovato utile :)

[@danielgirl283]

Hello! I have been on your website, and I am interested in your courses. Do you offer them in America?

[@TheDanishPainter]

Hi there, yes I have online courses and they are available worldwide. My in-person workshops are only in Denmark at this time. Thanks for your interest and for watching :)

[@danielgirl283]

Thanks! Hope to start in January

[@IronDeficientx]

Can you just add a smaller amount of red instead of orange seeing as the paint is already yellow because I'm trying to work out how you'd do this with just a set of RYB Colors to simplify the process as I am a begginer and having 60 tubs of paints gets so confusing for me

[@TheDanishPainter]

Yes you can

[@jasond.b-w]

I’ve been getting very frustrated by light vs dark colors for a sorta different reason. I have this down very confidently, but when I’m looking at something I’m painting and trying to determine which colors to make, I can never tell which shades are darker or lighter and it makes me have no idea how to mix it. For example, looking at a leaf and seeing two very similar shades of green. I make one, but then I don’t know how to mix the other because I can’t tell if it’s lighter or darker than the first. Does anyone else have this problem?

[@starvictory7079]

Is it really about warm vs cool greens? Check by mixing colour and use a laminated photo or a plastic cover on top of a photo of your subject. The lightest greens are usually facing the light source and darker greens are often muted.

[@williamward9755]

When I took acrylic and oil painting classes we never used black.

[@bearbait7405]

Thank you