Mixing paint for shadows involves adjusting value and temperature to create realistic and compelling depth.
Here’s a breakdown based on general principles and the provided reference:
- Adjust Value: Use white to lighten a color to make a highlight, and a darker color (like black or a darker shade of your base color) to darken it to make a shadow.
- Adjust Temperature:
- For cool shadows, try adding ultramarine blue.
- To warm shadows up, add a touch of alizarin or another red pigment.
Therefore, the process is about carefully adding colors to adjust the lightness/darkness (value) and the warmth/coolness (temperature) of your shadow color to achieve the desired effect.
