How to Mix Colors to Make Pink

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Pink is a very feminine, interesting color. It is not on any color wheel, yet it is the favorite of thousands of people around the world. Almost everything can look good in pink!

Steps

1. Decide what you want in pink. If you want paint in pink, you will use one method. If you want a sweater in pink, yet another kind of situation entirely will be required. If you want light in pink, you will have to use another method.
   
2. Paint
   
   • • If you are using water colors, you will need only one color to make pink: red. You may use the "wet wash" method. Just cover your white paper with water and then apply a small amount of red paint, washing it all across the entire page.
       
     • If you are using acrylics or oils, you will use predominantly white paint. Just dab some white paint on your palette and add a tiny drop of any of the reds. Mix well. Add ever so small a dab more if you are not satisfied with the level of pink saturation at first. Use of a brick red will give you a muddier pink, closer to a peach. Vermilion will give you a nice shade of pure pink.
       
     
     
   
   
3. Frosting For frosting, you can use a method very similar to that used for paint. Start with white frosting. Add to this the most minuscule drop possible of red food coloring. The red is very strong, and will turn that white frosting pink in a jiffy. Stir very well, until you have a nice uniform blend. Add another drop if you want a deeper shade. And then, since pink frosting might be good in a flavor such as strawberry, add some flavoring as well. Again, just a small touch.
   
4. Knitting Use red wool and white wool. Choose a pattern which allows a large amount of intertwining of the materials. From a distance, your completed sweater will almost look pink.
   
5. Cheeks For pink cheeks you won't do any mixing at all. Just go outside for a walk on a cold day. Of course you could use rouge, but that may not be as healthy for you.
   
6. Lights for a stage Cross two or more beams of light to create a pink effect. Ideally, you should use an even number of light beams, half white/clear, and the other set red. If you want a darker pink, use more red, and for a lighter pink, make sure that you use more white beams than red.
   
7. Flowers You can dye flowers to a nice shade of pink. The trick of course, is to begin with a white flower, and then to add red coloring. Carnations work very well for this method. Just put some red food coloring in a glass of water. Fill a large bowl with water and get a good pair of nice sharp garden shears. Place your stem under the water, and cut the stem with the shears, keeping the stem under water the entire time. Cut about an inch off the bottom. Then insert the stem directly into the glass you had already filled with red water. Wait just a few hours, and you will have a pink carnation.
   

Tips

• Obviously, more red = dark pink, more white = light pink.
  

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Sources and Citations

• http://desktoppub.about.com/od/colorpalettes/l/blcpred.htm
  

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