Finally, between the blue and red mix those two colors and make this slice purple or violet. STEP FOUR Look at the colors opposite each other on the color wheel. One example would be red and green. Look at how Andy Warhol uses the complements of red and green to create this self portrait. Look at how some other artists have used color to create paintings.
Some artists like to paint paintings in mostly one color.
Here is painting that is mostly red by an artist named Matisse. Here are two famous paintings done with just red and yellow. The first is also by Matisse and the second is by Picasso . Now look at how Monet has used mostly blue. If you add just a little of the complement of your most important color, it will make your colors appear more vivid.