How do I darken my blue paint?

The best way to make a darker blue is to add a little bit of dark purple or a touch of burnt umber. You can also add phthalo green and alizarin crimson to your blue hue.

Which two colors make dark blue?

Mixing Dioxazine Purple and Blue As seen in the first line dioxazine purple and ultramarine blue make an excellent dark color. Not only does dioxazine purple make ultramarine blue darker but it also adds a little purple shade to it.

How do you make paint darker?

Add some of the color you want to darken into a container. Next, add a LITTLE bit of the black paint and mix it in. Keep adding the black paint in SMALL amounts until you get the desired color. A little black paint will darken up the other paint fast, so less is more until achieve your desired color!

How do you make midnight blue?

How do you make midnight blue? Simply mix a small amount of black paint into a blue base. There’s no exact ratio for how much black paint to add, just keep mixing until you reach midnight blue’s deep hue.

How do you make a vibrant dark blue?

By adding black paint to your blue paint, you will create a dark blue color. However, you can also blend orange, or purple to give you the same result.

What can you add to paint to darken it?

Another way to make the paint darker in color is to mix some green or yellow paint with blue paint in your original paint. The third best way to make the paint color darker without using black paint is by mixing some transparent red oxide and ultramarine blue together in your lighter paint shade.