{"id":4590,"date":"2018-02-28T10:15:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T14:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/?p=4590"},"modified":"2019-06-27T20:50:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T00:50:05","slug":"how-to-match-color-through-mixing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/how-to-match-color-through-mixing","title":{"rendered":"How To Match Color Through Mixing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIn the late 90s, I got a job matching color. I was a college student at the time \u2013 a studio art major. My boss was an oil painter, like myself. With connections in the art-print-industry, he had received a contract to paint copies of a popular artist\u2019s work. These were palette knife paintings. We would create 200 copies, hand-painted on top of Gicl\u00e9e<\/em> prints. These \u201cenhanced\u201d prints were sold around the country in art galleries and boutiques.<\/p>\n

My work week would start with about three hours of color mixing and matching. Using the original painting as a guide, I premixed 15-25 colors in large quantities and saved those colors in metal tins. I would then paint all week, remixing those same colors the next week, until the order had been filled. The colors had to match perfectly from week to week. It was like an oil painting assembly line but the experience I gained was invaluable.<\/p>\n

My hope is to share both what I learned then and what I\u2019ve learned since about matching colors below.<\/p>\n

Reasons to Match Colors through Mixing<\/h2>\n

There are several reasons a painter might need or want to mix an exact match.<\/p>\n