How to Blend Wall Paint
Blending paint is important if you're using more than one paint color on your walls. It's not uncommon to be unable to find the perfect color. In these cases you may need to blend more than a single color to create a custom color. Knowing how to blend this will give you even results on the entire wall.
If you're having a hard time finding the perfect color paint for your walls you can always look at creating your own custom blend. You don't need anything special to do this, just a little bit of time to experiment and some paint sticks.
What You'll Need:
- Old bucket or large bowl
- Paint samples
- Paint stir sticks
- Understand how the color wheel works. Blue and red together will make various shades of purple. Blue and yellow will make a green. White will lighten the color, and small amounts of black paint will darken it.
- Purchase a few sample paint colors. Some retailers will sell small four ounce bottles to use for sampling. If you can't find these then you'll want to purchase a few colors in pints. You want the colors to be in the same family to get the best results.
- Mix the colors by adding about a tablespoon of two different paints into the paint bucket or bowl. Stir the color with the stir stick. Apply this to the wall using the paintbrush and allow it to dry. Remember that paint color changes when it's dried.
- Darken or lighten the color as needed. Just keep track of the measurements you're using. This way you'll be able to mix the right color to pain the rest of the wall later. If you end up with two tablespoons of the darker color to one tablespoon of the lighter you'll have a ratio of 2:1.