Here are a few ways to make the color orange:
- Mix red and yellow – Start with the primary colors red and yellow. Blend them together to create different shades of orange. Add more red for reddish oranges or more yellow for yellowish oranges.
- Combine paint colors – On a palette, mix red, yellow, and white paints. Add more white to make softer pastel oranges.
- Blend secondary colors – Mix the secondary colors red-orange and yellow-orange to get various orange tones.
- Use food coloring – Mix red and yellow coloring in different ratios until you get the orange shade you want.
- Complementary colors – Blue and orange are complements. Add a small amount of blue to bright orange to dull it down.
- Computer color picker – Use color selection tools on art programs to sample and mix an orange digitally.
- Natural items – Crush ripe oranges, tangerines, carrots, peppers, or other orange items in a bag to extract the orange color.
- Candle dye – Dye plain candle wax orange by adding red and yellow candle dye until the wax is colored evenly.
The key is balancing the red and yellow properly to not make the orange too reddish or yellowish. Start with equal parts then adjust to get your perfect orange!
