Which colors should I mix to get a bright magenta?

Question

I only have a limited amount of colors so please try not to go too out there. I do have the basics plus a few more.

Answer 1

Magenta is absolutely not a primary color. Maybe in light, but not in paint.



Magenta is a high-chroma red-purple (and at the risk of repeating myself, it's a tertiary color, not a primary). So this color is achieved by mixing a cool (not orangey) red with a little purple, or blue. Add a little white if you need to lighten.



Adding brown or orange to this will lower the chroma and also push the red to the warm side of the color spectrum. You will not get anything close to magenta.



If you will get a color wheel, you will be able to easily SEE which primary and secondary colors you need to mix in order to get the colors you want.

Answer 2

The trouble is that Magenta is a synthetic colour and would be very difficult to mix from other colours. Try a crimson with whichever blue you have and add a dash of white to get something approximate. Magenta is one of the chemical colours dedveloped in the middle of the 19th century by, I think, Perkins, and was named after a battle in the Crimean War.

Answer 3

i would try pink and red. but if that doesn't do the trick maybe i'd try adding some orange

Answer 4

nothing. magenta is a color to use to make other colors. it cannot be made from other colors.

Answer 5

brown and purple.