White color

White color

Everything you need to know about white paint; How to mix, combine and choose the color shades that suit you, given the meanings and effects of different colors

White color is the color visible when looking at light composed of the entire spectrum of the spectrum visible in bright light.

White paint is very useful in painting, especially in wet media like oil paints, acrylics and gouache. It is used to lighten other colors, color ratings and create new shades.

Meanings of white color

The color white symbolizes in the eyes of the majority purity, sterility, innocence, a safe environment, new beginnings.

Pigments of white color

Titanium white. PW6 pigment.
Titanium white is the most common of the bricks used for painting. Has a bright white hue, slightly bluish, excellent opacity and high hue intensity. It is very useful for highlighting another color.

White jumped. PW4 pigment.
Zinc white is very transparent relative to titanium white. When you add it to another color to lighten, it does not immediately change it to a pastel hue so it is easier to control the degree of lightening.

White color in art - useful tips for painters

In the field of art we find many uses for the color white, it helps to create new shades and lighten existing ones by mixing it in the color you want. In addition it is used to create glare in a painting, as it is the lightest white color in a painting known as glare. It occurs only on shiny and wet surfaces such as glass, metal, eye, sweaty facial appearance and more.

In the dyeing process the white color can be formed by the reflection of light from white pigments.

Absolute white does not exist in our relative world, but will always be with a certain hue: a warm hue (reddish white or yellowish white) or cold (bluish white).

Shades of white from the world of design and fashion and how to achieve them in art

Grayish white - white with a touch of gray that gives a feeling of elegance, and cleanliness.

Creamy white - white with touches of yellow that gives a feeling of flow, softness, pampering.

Mocha white - white with touches of warmth that gives a warm and pleasant, soothing, embracing look.

Famous works in which white color stars

White color
Kazimir Malevich, 1918, "White on White", oil on canvas

 

composition
Claude Monet, 1869, "The magpie", oil on canvas

 

Artist Edouard Mane
Édouard Manet, 1863, "Olympia", oil on canvas, 130×190 cm

 

Colors - explanation, meanings and tips:
red | yellow | blue | white | black | green | orange | pink | purple | Heat | gray | Gold | Of money | bronze

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