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  2. Black Widow (paint mix) - Wikipedia

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    Black Widow (also known as a Black Widow Ultra in Europe) is a non-commercial open source project to design a paint mix for the base of a DIY projection screen. Anonymous DIYers responsible for popularizing Black Widow in the DIY community include Mechman Alternators (US), Wbassett (US) and Custard10 (EU). [ 1 ]

  3. Tint, shade and tone - Wikipedia

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    This moves the mixed color toward a neutral color—a gray or near-black. Lights are made brighter or dimmer by adjusting their brightness, i.e., energy level; in painting, lightness is adjusted through mixture with white, black, or a color's complement. The Color Triangle depicting tint, shade, and tone was proposed in 1937 by Faber Birren. [4]

  4. Paint mixing - Wikipedia

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    Mixing pigments for the purpose of creating realistic paintings with diverse color gamuts is known to have been practiced at least since Ancient Greece.The identity of a/the set of minimal pigments to mix diverse gamuts has long been the subject of speculation by theorists whose claims have changed over time, for example Pliny's white, black, one or another red, and "sil", which might have ...

  5. Acrylic paint - Wikipedia

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    Red acrylic paint squeezed from a tube Example of acrylics applied over each other. Experimental pictures with "floating" [a] acrylic paint Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint made of pigment suspended in acrylic polymer emulsion and plasticizers, silicone oils, defoamers, stabilizers, or metal soaps. [1]

  6. Screen painting - Wikipedia

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    Screen painting is painting on window screens. It is a folk art form originating in immigrant working-class neighborhoods in Baltimore , Maryland , in the early 20th century. The wire screen section of a screen door is typically painted with bucolic landscapes , still lifes , or other subjects of interest.

  7. Wash (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    In interior design, a wash or color wash of paint on a wall can be used to create a textured effect as a faux finish. [2] In ceramics, a wash is typically a coloring oxide thinned with water applied to the piece to achieve an effect similar to a glaze. [3] Digital image creation software can have features that simulate the painting technique. [4]

  8. List of RAL colours - Wikipedia

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    device-independent CMYK value: cyan, magenta, yellow, black or key; LRV, but a consistent light reflectance value is not obtainable from pearlescent or metallic colours; The visual samples displayed on the screen are not binding because brightness and contrast may vary from screen to screen – and neither are the colours on a printout from a ...

  9. Ndebele house painting - Wikipedia

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    One thing that has changed since the beginning of house painting and present-day wall art is their styles. [citation needed] At the beginning of house painting, their symbols and patterns were often based on Ndebele's beadwork. The patterns were tonal and painted with the women's fingers. The original paint on the house was a limestone whitewash.