Hence silver color is associated with wealth. Silver is a precious metal just like gold. As silver is such as good light reflector it is one of the first metals used in mirrors. The silver paint with actual silver metal is used in printed circuits. There are numerous other uses of silver like making batteries, electrical contacts, making mirrors, and dental alloys. Silver is one of the best light reflectors. Silver metal is used in jewelry and cutlery where the luster of silver metal is needed. Its shine can be reduced when sulfur compounds in silver react with air and process black silver sulfides. Silver is a relatively soft shiny material. The first color swatch is the silver color mixed, rest are different colors made in the process What is silver? The following image shows you those color swatches of silver color paint. I painted swatches of mixed colors along the process until I get the silver color I want. This way I was able to create a semi-opaque silver color. Since the gray color, I mixed has a darker value I lighten it with more titanium white and mix more pearlescent medium with it. Then I mix in a little blue color and then a dash of black color. In the video first I mix titanium white with pearlescent acrylic medium.

you can see me mixing silver with these paints in the above video. Blue is used to add a cooler undertone to the silver color.

These will be discussed in detail below.įor your convenience, I have mixed silver colors using titanium white, ultramarine blue, and black color. You can make silver color with any art medium such as acrylic, oil, and watercolor paints. Also, paint the reflections of surrounding materials with their colors. Instead, the refections are painted separately using black, white, and grey colors to create an illusion of reflections in the metallic objects. In this case, you do not need the real silver color. You may need to silver color to paint a reflective metallic surface. A little blue can be mixed in to make the silver color cooler and more interesting. After making the grey tone, mix with pearlescent or iridescent medium for the metallic sheen or reflective properties. The two colors that make silver will be black and white. You can also mix in mica powder itself to add sheen.Ĭaution: when using mica powder in any paint wear a mask and gloves to protect from fine powder particles To give the reflective properties or a metallic sheen mix an equal part of a pearlescent medium or iridescent medium.

Simply mix a blob of white with a dash of blue and black to make the gray tone of silver color. Silver color can be made by mixing colors and adding a reflecting element to the mixture. How do you make the color silver with paint? It will create transparent, metallic tinting on top of other colors. You can use iridescent or pearlescent mediums straight out of the tube to create metallic sheens as well. To add a metallic sheen mix with an equal part of the pearlescent medium, iridescent medium, or mix with mica powder with a metallic sheen. Silver color can be created by mixing a blob of titanium white with a dash of blue and a dash of black color. However, mixing silver color with its reflective properties can be tricky. Silver is such a useful color, especially when painting silver objects and giving a metallic sheen to other colors.

Blue and silver paint