What Colors Make Brown?

A very soothing color, brown is one of the most commonly observed colors in our daily life. Not only is this shade readily available in nature, but the hue is so favorite that we find it in several human-made things.

What Colors Make Brown?

Brown may be of some shadows, and none of that is very bright. That is what makes it soothing to the eyes. This article explores the constituents of this beautiful color and tells you all that you need to know about brown.

What Colors Make Brown? In simple by mixing red, yellow, blue and some amount of white step by step gradually, you can make exact brown color paint. While making brown color make sure you need to add colors one by one and with proper noticing the exact color.

Brown is the mixture of a primary color with that a secondary. Now, the exciting thing here is the fact there are more than one such combinations like this that would yield the color brown. The complementary shade of yellow would be purple. So you may well mix these two. The same is valid for colors like orange and blue or green and red.

In each of these cases, the shade of brown that we will get will be different from that of others. The beauty of brown is that it can be modified very easily without destroying its hue. It is this property of brown that makes it possible for brown to have so many different shades.

About Brown Color:

One would often find the usage of the color brown in starters across different global cuisines. The reason for this is the fact that Brown is known to stimulate the appetite. As this is the color of the soil, there is a comforting and motherly tone to it, and that makes a lot of people feel at home. That is often associated with a sense of steadfastness and dependability.

In the world of literature (particularly in the post-renaissance period) the use of the color brown is often seen to indicate friendship or other relationships that are meant to go a long way.

Steps to Make Brown Color:

You need three primary colors Red, Blue, and yellow to make brown colors paint.

To use the color brown in your paintings, you do not have to spend money buying them individually. That is a boon as very often we see that only a minimal quantity of brown will be required to complete a painting. Moreover as one might need different shades of brown to complete a picture, it is possible to make amends in the base color combination to arrive at that.

Read on to know how you can make the color brown out of the primary ones that you already have in hand. Also, note that the steps discussed here are one of the simplest ways to get the color brown. There are millions of other ways to get brown from the palette of colors that you hold in your hand.

Ingredients:

• Red Color Paint
• Yellow Color Paint
• Blue Color Paint
• White Acrylic paint
• Palette
• Knife
• A Good Quality Paintbrush
• Surface for testing Colors
• Water for rinsing the brush
• Paper Towels for cleaning the Palette & Knife

Step by step guide to making brown color:

1. First of all, you have to take equal-sized quantities of red, yellow, and blue colors and place them in the palate such that there is ample space between them.
2. Not leaving enough space will make the process of mixing a very clumsy one and you do not get a proper shade of brown.
3. You then have to combine them. You should use a knife for the same. Make sure that you take equal quantities of the colors in question at each step of the mixing.
4. Unequal amounts will result in a sluggish shade of brown, and that will be inappropriate for usage in paintings.
5. The texture that you will get at the end of this step is that of muddy brown.
6. To get a more uniform shade of brown, you have to add the color white.
7. Make sure that you add this in a much smaller quantity as compared to the other three colors used.
8. The addition of the color white determines the shade of brown that you will get for your painting.
9. As is evident, the higher the amount of white, the lighter will be the shade of brown.

What Color Goes With Brown?

Brown is very versatile, and many shades go well with it. As this is a sober color, you can opt for a trendy and relaxing look by using it with the color blue. The shade of sky blue or turquoise blue is particularly well suited. If you would prefer to opt for a lighter shade, fushcia is the more appropriate. Yellow or mustard color also goes very well with brown.

That is true not just for color combinations for your painting but also as possible combinations for your clothing choices. However, if one is fond of the classics, there is nothing that goes better with brown than the color white. That is all the way truer in the case of darker shades of brown.

Shades of Brown Color:

By now you would have inferred that the color brown has a whole host of hues to its name. As must be visible, it is the different combinations of colors that will give this. For example, if you want some dark brown, you need to mix the brightest shade of orange that you can find with a little bit of black. For a moderately dark shade of brown, you can add a small quantity of dark blue color to that of yellow and red.

Interestingly, to have a reddish-brown hue, you do not have to use the color red at all. Mixing equal quantities of yellow and purple will give you a beautiful shade of reddish-brown. To get a shade of light brown, add the colors green red, and white. The amount of white that you will add here will determine how much brighter your shade of brown will be.

Color Code of Brown and Its Shades:

Moving from light to dark, the most popular shades of brown will be wheat, tan, sandy brown, Peru, saddle brown, and Sienna. Under the decimal code, their code will be RGB(245, 222, 179) , RGB(210, 180, 140), RGB(244,164,96), RGB(205, 133, 63), RGB (139, 69,19) and RGB(160,82,45) respectively.

For those using the hexadecimal convention, the codes will be #F5DEB3, #D2B48C, #F4A460, #CD853F, #8B4513, and #A0522D in order. There is a whole host of other shades of brown that are possible to achieve, and each of them will have its code (both in decimal and hexadecimal systems.

Conclusion:

Thus, we see that being one of the most versatile colors, and we can make beautiful combinations with it. With the different color combinations that yield different shades of brown, getting that exact shade for your painting will be child’s play. As every shade of brown is pretty and elegant in its way, you may well play with the different combinations to find out what suits you the best. It is this sheer versatility of the color that makes it the preferred choice among generations of people.

Related Questions:

01. Which color is complementary to brown?

It is essential to understand that brown is an extended term and the different shades of brown will have different complementary colors. For a brown that has purple as the base constituent, the choice of contrasting color would be that yellow.  If the brown in question has a reddish tinge to it, then the complementary color would be green.

For the most natural shade of brown (this finds a lot of usage in the painting of scenarios and portraits alike), red and yellow are the most vital constituents. In such a case, the complementary shade would be yellow.

02. If we mix the colors of brown and yellow what will we arrive at?

The combination of yellow and brown is an interesting question because the color brown has a certain amount of yellow in it. That is an inherent property of the color yellow. If we add more yellow to it, we will be able to alter the shade of brown.

Doing this is particularly helpful for artists and painters as they can make the most of these newfound shades. However, adding yellow will not alter the place of brown in the color wheel at all. Whatever new hue we arrive at, will still be a shade of brown.

03. How do you make the rust color?

For most of us, rust is a shade of brown. While color specialists may differ from us here, the fact is that to get the color rust; you will need to have brown. Thus, if you have just the primary colors and you want to arrive at rust, you may start by mixing yellow and blue colors. It will also give you green which you can then add to red to get brown. Alternatively, if you have the color brown handy, you may well begin from here.

So in an unused corner of your palette, add the shades of red and yellow. That will leave us with the color orange. Mix it with the brown pigment that you had prepared to get a perfect rust color.  Arriving at the rust color is the easiest for people who already have the colors of orange and brown ready. In that case, all that you have to do is mix the two in equal proportions to get the rust color.