{"id":113444,"date":"2022-06-10T09:28:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T07:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/how-to-make-the-color-blue\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T14:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:02:26","slug":"how-to-make-the-color-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/how-to-make-the-color-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make the color blue"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"113444\" class=\"elementor elementor-113444 elementor-75225\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4035cd5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4035cd5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b777cee\" data-id=\"b777cee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c014731 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c014731\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hello, Artenauta! Continuing with our journey through <strong>Color Theory<\/strong> and the different mixtures to achieve the tones we want to work with, today we are going to tell you <strong>how to make the color blue<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u>Curiosities about the color blue<\/u><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is the most chosen &#8221; <strong>favorite<\/strong> &#8221; <strong>color<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Blue is the color of the sea, of the sky&#8230; It represents <strong>peace, mental and emotional stability, calmness, tranqu<\/strong>ility&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The color blue is related to reason, that is why it is the <strong>color of science<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Because of its soothing effect and relationship to caring for <strong>others and trust<\/strong>, it is widely used, along with white, in medical centers and hospitals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The word &#8220;blue&#8221; has Arabic origin, more specifically from &#8220;lazaw\u00e1rd&#8221;, whose meaning is <strong>lapis lazuli<\/strong> (blue-colored mineral).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Where does the expression <strong>&#8220;blue-blooded&#8221;<\/strong> come from to denote royalty? It is believed that, as their skin was very light, because they avoided direct contact with the sun and were not forced to work outdoors, the (blue) veins were much more visible than in the case of peasants, for example.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4073a85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4073a85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><u>How to make the color blue<\/u><\/span><\/h2><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Neutral blue is a primary color<\/strong>, just like yellow and magenta; this means that <strong>we cannot obtain it by mixing other shades<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Having said this, we must bear in mind that, <strong>although we cannot obtain a neutral blue by mixing other colors, we can obtain different shades of blue<\/strong>. The bluish range is very wide; this is due to the large number of mixtures that can be made between the different shades.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong> Depending on their tendency, the result will be cooler<\/strong> (if it tends to green)<strong> or warmer<\/strong> (if it tends to magenta), giving rise to shades such as ultramarine blue, aquamarine blue, greenish blue, lavender&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>There are many shades of blue that you can find in the market, without the need to get them through mixing<\/strong>. Painters, when using oils, very often use Prussian blue, phthalo blue, cobalt blue (which is the neutral blue) and ultramarine blue.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For <strong>further learning<\/strong>, we recommend:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/how-to-make-turquoise-color\/\">How to make turquoise<\/a> color<\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/how-to-make-the-color-red\/\">How to make the color<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/en\/how-to-make-the-color-green\/\"> green<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/como-hacer-el-color-marron\/\">How to make brown color<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/como-hacer-el-color-carne\/\">How to make flesh color<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/como-se-hace-el-color-naranja\/\">How to make the color orange<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/como-hacer-el-color-dorado\/\">How to make the golden color<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As always, <strong>we recommend that you work experimenting<\/strong> until you get the result you want, but always with small amounts of paint, thus avoiding wasting it if we do not get the desired results the first time.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Understanding and assimilating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/teoria-del-color-definicion-aplicacion\/\">Theory of Color<\/a> is of vital importance in order to work with paint and obtain the desired results<\/strong>, avoiding unnecessary waste of pigments and achieving much more vibrant and realistic finishes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To <strong>learn how to handle color, as well as all the techniques and materials<\/strong> you need to know to paint like a real professional, we recommend you to visit our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arteescuela.com\/cursos-en\/\"><br \/><strong>Painting Courses\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><\/a>where we teach you all the concepts, techniques and materials for you to become a true artist, finding and developing your own style and getting as far as you want to go.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, Artenauta! Continuing with our journey through Color Theory and the different mixtures to achieve the tones we want to work with, today we are going to tell you how to make the color blue. Curiosities about the color blue It is the most chosen &#8221; favorite &#8221; color. 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