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Steven posted an update in the group Q/A & Help Group 9 years, 10 months ago

Hi all,

has anyone tried painting a kit following the actually paint mixing ratios for particular colors from the manuals? I’ve found for the most part they’re a decent match to the color represented on the page but yellow seems to be a real problem it tends to be too orange. Any suggestions how I can get the yellow to mix better, or is it a lost cause trying to follow the manual? I’m using Mr.Color paints btw.
- tetsujin replied 9 years, 10 months ago
  
  On just one project, I think, I did that.
  Which Mr. Color yellow are you using?
  - Steven replied 9 years, 10 months ago
    
    I’m using just the plain yellow (Mr.Color C4). I’ve actually tried about 3 times with 3 different kits and it’s always too orange. for instance the Deathscythe MG has this formula 45%yellow, 35% white, 20% orange. This particular yellow mix as you maybe able to tell from the percentages does actually have a fair bit of orange in it but if you were to mix this paint and look at an image of deathscythe you’d probably find it far more orange than it should be, atleast if you have the results I get. For this I would use mr color paints C1(white), C4(yellow), and C59(orange) to match the exactly, with the instructions and I’d even go as far as measuring drop by drop in this case 9 drops yellow, 7 drops white, and 4 drops orange.