Paint mixing can be a vexing process. Most of us learned the basic color wheel in primary school. However, it isn't as simple when mixing paint. You'll need more paint colors than you think to create burnt orange. Burnt orange is a darker orange with more red than normal. It is created by taking yellow and red, two adjacent colors on the color wheel, and mixing these colors with blue on the opposite side of the color wheel. This tutorial assumes you are using acrylic paints which can be mixed easily and thinned with water.
Instructions
Mixing the Paint
1. Mix equal parts yellow and red. This will give you basic orange.
2. Add another equal part of red. Mix completely. This will give you red-orange.
3. Add a small drop of midnight blue using a dropper bottle. Mix completely.
4. Repeat the third step until you get a shade of orange that matches your color chip.
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