Trouble With Colors

[StevenGuthmiller]

I usually have pretty good luck with mixing interior colors for my builds, but this one's giving me problems.

For some reason, my eye is having trouble figuring out what colors I need to mix to come up with the lighter of the 2 colors in this photo.

I just keep winding up with mauve.

Anybody have a good sense of color mixing that can give me an indication of what colors to mix to come up with this one?

I'm thinking mostly copper with a little extra red in it, & then maybe lightened up a little.

I don't know. It's driving me nuts!!

 

Steve 

 

 

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

If 'twas me, i'd try orange and white, and if it goes too light, pull it down with a tiny bit o' brown.

BUT...as you suggest, it also looks like a light copper...especially if it's supposed to be a metallic.

Edited October 18, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy

[fseva]

Seems to me to be a coral-like color, or perhaps what they might call a "dusty rose". I would go with the coral-like color for the lighter of the 2, and perhaps a dusty rose for the darker. Start with your basic coral/rose color and either add some red, or if it needs to be muted, some black.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Thanks guys.

For some reason, this is one of those colors that just makes my eyes go crossed.

The darker color will be easy. the interior is the combination for the '62 Ford "Chestnut" color scheme.

The darker color will be just a combination of red & brown.

If the lighter shade isn't just right, it will look ridiculous.

I'm not worried about the "metallic" in it, I'll shoot the entire tub with a pearl over coat per usual.

I just have to get the color close to the right hue.

In my first attempt, I started with copper, added a touch of red & a little tan.

It looked too tan so I added a little more red.

Thought I was getting close, but it was too dark so I lightened it with some white. Suddenly, I had pink!

Well from there it just went from pink to mauve.

I just can't figure out what I'm missing.

I guess it's back to the drawing board.

 

Steve

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

Ok, How do you think I did?

As I was fumbling through some old jars of paint, I came across a jar of Testors "Flesh" that was way past it's prime, but thought it looked very close to what I needed.

I mixed this using white with a little red & a lot more yellow than I expected! Then muted with a little dark tan.

I think it's relatively close.

Any thoughts?

 

Steve

 

[Helper Monkey]

That looks good to me.

I would have mixed it using a burnt sienna, a red or a indian red and white. but what you have looks really good to me. 

[Lunajammer]

I hate to tell you this Steve, but that's one of those colors that is heavily effected by the color of your light. As a graphic designer it was demonstrated to us in a seminar when we were asked to identify a color very similar to this under room light, then look at it again outside and see the color difference. What you've done looks pretty good, but if you really want to count rivets, mix it under the kind of light you expect it to be viewed under the most.

[StevenGuthmiller]

I hate to tell you this Steve, but that's one of those colors that is heavily effected by the color of your light. As a graphic designer it was demonstrated to us in a seminar when we were asked to identify a color very similar to this under room light, then look at it again outside and see the color difference. What you've done looks pretty good, but if you really want to count rivets, mix it under the kind of light you expect it to be viewed under the most.

I'm not too fussy Mike.

I've seen several different photos of this same color scheme & every one is a little different.

Who's to say which one is correct.

I'm good with "close".

 

Steve