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Final Color: One usually starts with a container of white paint. It is usually advisa-
ble to obtain the final colors first in a small quantity, as errors in mixing large quantities are sometimes costly. Pigments should be added slowly and tests of the color should constantly be made on a flat piece of cardboard or wood and these should be held in their final position on wall, ceiling, or elsewhere.
Suggestions for mixing paint colors. There are no scientific formulas for mixing pigments to produce other colors. One cannot state either what quantity, volume, or weight of paint to use to obtain a desired result. This is due to the fact that the chemical ingredients of certain pigments have stronger tinting values than others, so that relatively less of those pigments must be used in mixtures. The production of colors by pigment mixtures must be done by the trial and error method of visual examination.
In trying to obtain a certain color by a paint mixture, the decorator is usually matching another color or producing axolor that will be suitable for some part of a room or one that will harmonize suitably with the other hues of a tentative color scheme.
One usually starts with a container of white paint. It is usually advisable to obtain the final colors first in a small quantity, as errors in mixing large quantities are sometimes costly. Pigments should be added slowly and tests of the color should constantly be made on a flat piece of cardboard or wood and these should be held in their final position on wall, ceiling, or elsewhere.
The final finish may be of a type that gives a surface film, such as French polish, varnish, or polyurethane. The latter two are available in gloss, satin, and matte finishes. Varnish stains are also available. These are convenient, since they will color and finish the wood in a single operation.
Do bear in mind that each extra coat of varnish stain will darken the color of the wood and, unless brushed out very evenly, the color will vary with the thickness of the film. When wood is stained with a penetrating dye, the color will not vary - no matter how many coats of clear finish you later apply. |
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