Q&A for How to Mix Colors to Make Pink

Mix red and white to make pink. For your red, choose permanent alizarin crimson or quinacridone red. For your white, choose titanium white.

Get white clay and add a little red food coloring until you get the pink shade you want.

If mixed in equal amounts, it would make brown. If you add just a touch of blue to orange, it will make your orange darker; if you add a bit of orange to blue, it makes the blue darker.

No matter what material you're using, pink is simply a lighter version of red. While white helps to "thin out" the color of red, some lighter reds can often be spread thin or mixed with a bit of water to get a lighter color close to pink. That said, almost all recipes to mix pink are more effective if you have some white element or background to mix in.

The best way to do this is to add red and a small amount of blue. A 5:1 ratio would work best for this; eg. 5 drops of red colouring to 1 drop of blue colouring.

Blush is essentially a tint of pink, which is made from mixing red and white.

Try mixing red hair dye or food coloring with white conditioner. If your hair is dark, the pink color won't show up well, though.

Use a 5:1 ratio with 5 drops of red and 1 drop of blue. Or just use a little bit of red.

Red and white are enough to make a basic pink. With watercolors, you can just use red diluted with water. You can also add a bit of blue or yellow if you want to make the pink more purplish or peachish.

Color over the same area with white and red crayons. The darker shade of red you are using, the hotter the pink will be. If you don't have any white crayons, then color very, very lightly with your red crayon.

Remember that white clothes turn pink when washed with red clothes. You can make pink dye by boiling red plums, strawberries, or cherries and then making a salt or vinegar fixative to make sure the dye doesn't wash off the fibers.

The process is the same. Mix red, white, orange, and whatever colors achieve the color or hue you're looking for. Don't go too heavy on the orange, however.

You have to mix red hair dye with white conditioner, but you can also add pink or white hair dye to change the tint of pink you get.

Yes, if you mix red with white you will get pink.

No. You could add a ton of white and some red to get a mauve shade.

It will likely not cover up the purple. You will probably end up with a dark pinkish purple color. It would be best to wash out or strip the purple first.

You can't exactly do that because red is a primary color and cannot be made out of other colors. Pink is just red with white in it.

Mix red and blue, with more red than blue.

Add a small amount of of purple, black, or brown to red. Experiment before putting it on paper, icing, hair, or any other surface that it would be difficult to remove the color from.

Red, white, and yellow. Adjust as needed until satisfied. If you want to lighten it, add more white; if you want to make the color more pink, add more red; if you want to make the color less pink, add more yellow; if you want to make the color deeper, add more red and yellow.

Add little amounts of blue until you get the shade of lavender/purple you need.

You can if you really dilute the red with water. But if you want thicker paint, you have to use white.

Yes, if you are making magenta. If you don't want magenta, use red and white.

You can't make white it's like a primary color. But you can buy white paint at an art shop or online.

It is likely that you added too much white. Peach or pastel orange is a light orange, so try adding less white (more red and yellow). If you mean that you got a pinker shade of orange, add more yellow.

Dip your brush in water, then add some red poster colour, then add a little white.