What is Color mixing?
{{multiple issues| {{complex|date=January 2023}} {{tone|date=January 2023}} }} '''Color mixing''' means mixing two or more [[Colour|colors]] together. For example, mixing [[green]] and [[cyan]] makes the color [[spring green]]. It is not commonly taught to [[Child|children]], as it does not correspond to the [[Substance|mixing of physical substances]] which would correspond to [[Subtractive color|subtractive mixing]]. Two [[Light beam|beams of light]] that are superimposed [[Additive color|mix their colors additively]]. The mixing of [[Substance|colored physical substances]] corresponds to an [[additive color]] and [[subtractive color]] mixing, hence it corresponds to our intuition about mixing colors. == How to mix colors == === A closer look at mixing colors === To mix [[Colour|colors]], you can use [[paint]]. For example, consider [[Orange (color)|mixing red and yellow]]. Mixing the two colors makes the color [[Orange (color)|orange]]. Orange is named after [[Orange (fruit)|a species of citrus]]. When we mix [[blue]] and [[green]], it makes the color [[teal]]. You can also mix [[red]] and [[purple]], thus making [[magenta]]. However, if you mix [[red]] and [[magenta]], they create the color [[crimson]]. === Guide to mixing colors === * When we mix [[cyan]] and [[blue]], it makes [[Azure (color)|azure]]. * When we mix [[red]] and [[blue]], it makes [[purple]]. * When we mix [[red]] and [[yellow]], it makes [[Orange (color)|orange]]. * When we mix [[blue]] and [[black]], it makes [[navy blue]]. * When we mix [[yellow]] and [[white]], it makes [[Cream (colour)|cream]]. * When we mix [[blue]] and [[yellow]], it makes [[green]]. * When we mix [[red]] and [[green]], it makes [[brown]]. == Average mixing == Average mixing can be confused with [[Subtractive color|subtractive mixing]]. For example, even though [[red]] and [[blue]] average to [[purple]], an attempt to make a particular shade of purple by mixing [[Purple|red and blue paint]] may fail, since there is no [[purple]] spectrum between the [[red]] and [[b