Q&A for How to Make Red

Use a small amount first then if it works then go ahead. It should because it is a dye.

It's best if you buy red clay instead of putting in pigment/dye, since if you have white clay and you want to make it red, you'll always end up with a pink color instead of red. But just add as much as you desire if you want to make red.

You can't make gray from red. You can make gray by mixing black and white. If you want to make the gray a little warmer-toned, then you can add a little red.

You can't. The only colors you can make red from are magenta and yellow, and magenta is not a very common paint or pigment color. Red, on the other hand, is widely available. Unless you have magenta and yellow available, the only way you can get red is by buying red.

No, but you can mix the red and yellow to make a shade of orange.

You can't. Red is a primary color, so it is used to make other colors. If you combine blue and purple, you will get a darker blueish-purple color.

In ink print, yes. In painting, no. Overlapping yellow and magenta makes red in ink printing, but if you try to do this while painting you'll have a major catastrophe.

Red fondant can be made as follows: Add 1 ml red food dye to 100 grms or 3.5 o.z of white fondant. And whatever quantity of the fondant may be, the ratio will always be the same.

You can make a cooler red by mixing red and a bit of blue. Don't mix too much, or it'll turn to purple.

It's easy: Mix those two colors together! You can get the purest, cleanest red with only these two colors. Or, experiment a little with the ratio of yellow to magenta until you find the exact shade you're looking for. It's actually really simple, especially if you using a forgiving medium like acrylic paint.

No, you technically can't make red, however, if you mix about 41% parts yellow with 59% parts magenta you can create a shade of redish-pink called 'Bittersweet'.

Yes. If you add a different shade of red, the color would shift slightly.

That is not possible because red is a primary color. No other color can make a primary color.