Complementary colors. Color mixing with acrylics for beginners.

Basic knowledge of complementary colors is very helpful when color mixing. Complementary colors are colors that lie opposite of each other on the color wheel. When you put them next to each other, they pop off your canvas. When you mix them, they neutralize each other.
So, when you know what they do, you can use it to make high or low contrasts, you can choose to mix saturated or desaturated colors etc.

00:00:00 what are complementary colors?
00:00:31 next to each other: highest possible color contrast
00:02:58 mixed: they neutralize each other
00:06:55 how to find the exact complentary color

You can also watch the first color mixing video about primary colors:    • Mixing all colors with primary colors...  

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