Chromatic greys

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Chromatic greys 2016-02-12 18:34:26Post No. 2394099
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Chromatic greys Anonymous 2016-02-12 18:34:26 Post No. 2394099 [Report]

Painters.....please help me. I am taking a colour theory course currently and we are mixing chromatic greys. How do I do this?? It always ends up some kind of brown or green mud. It looks awful and nothing like it should. We are using liquitex acrylic paint on Bristol board (shit).

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Anonymous 2016-02-12 18:38:16 Post No.2394106
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Anonymous 2016-02-12 18:38:16 Post No.2394106 [Report]

>>2394099

to make grey look grey, saturate it very slightly with the opposite color of the color it is painted in. sort of giving it inverse temperature. let me demonstrate.

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Anonymous 2016-02-12 18:43:30 Post No.2394113
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Anonymous 2016-02-12 18:43:30 Post No.2394113 [Report]

>>2394106

meh. can't replicate it. thought i understood it, i don't. sry!

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Anonymous 2016-02-12 18:54:11 Post No.2394133
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Anonymous 2016-02-12 18:54:11 Post No.2394133 [Report]

>>2394106
>>2394113
yopkek le retard

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Anonymous 2016-02-12 19:24:31 Post No.2394181
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Anonymous 2016-02-12 19:24:31 Post No.2394181 [Report]

Well guys I'm just gonna kill myself

Thanks for the help

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Anonymous 2016-02-12 20:49:34 Post No.2394333
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Anonymous 2016-02-12 20:49:34 Post No.2394333 [Report]

>>2394099
Don't try neutralizing from a pure colour. Instead bust out the Ivory & Titanium and mix that to your value, then add in a small amount of the neutralized colour.

Apart from that make sure you are using the exact complement. I don't know, I've seen painters just grab a random green and start mixing it with a Cadmium Hue expecting it to work.

Mud is a bitch.