How to Make Acrylic Paint Vibrant, Opaque & Brighter

How to make acrylic paints vibrant, opaque and bright. Let's go through a few problems with acrylic painting and how to fix them.

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• little pots to keep paint wet
• plastic paint palette
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If you have issues with acrylics not being opaque enough or the colors not being vibrant and bright, you might be making some of these mistakes. (I don't really like calling them mistakes, though.) But you might find the quick acrylic painting tips for beginners in this video helpful to solve those issues.

1. The colors look different, when the painting is dry.

2. Your acrylics are not as opaque as you'd like. When you're painting a lighter color on top of a darker one, the darker color shows through. I didn't mention in the video why there are transparent and opaque acrylics. You can use transparent acrylics for glazing, where you paint transparent layers on top of a monochrome underpainting, for example.

3. Colors soak into the painting surface and lose vibrancy. This might happen if you're painting onto an unprimed surface, such as cardboard.

4. The colors you mix turn muddy or muted instead of bright and vibrant. I've had this issue with trying to mix a bright purple or orange, for example. I forgot to mention in the video that it's a good idea to use muted colors, too! If your painting has muted colors with a few bright spots, the bright colors will stand out more.

Have you had these or any other problems while painting with acrylics? Tell me in the comments.

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I forgot to mention in this video that it's a good idea to use muted colors, too! If your painting has muted colors with a few bright spots, the bright colors will stand out more.

I also didn't mention in the video why there are transparent and opaque acrylics. You can use transparent acrylics for glazing, where you paint transparent layers on top of a monochrome underpainting, for example.

[savannahkeller]

She has the most relaxing voice I was nottt expecting that 😂

[Josh-nvqs]

this is very helpful thank you so much. i bought transparent acrylic paints without knowing because i'm a beginner and I followed your advise to mix white to the color and that helped to cover the black color underneath

[faarea]

My paint is sooo transparent literally it looks like I just put one layer but I added like 6 layers 😭😭

[helgacobian]

thank you!... what are best ways to make different oranges and purples???

[sheonascaria]

Tnx for the tips. How should I get a brighter pure white in acrylic. When I paints with white, the color goes dim instead of bright. Especially painting clouds.

[sharini]

I’ve had trouble creating vibrant purple when painting an orchid hybrid with pure white edged petals. I tried all combinations of red and blue as you suggested to no avail.

[yousraadly]

Once painture dry it looks pale i have a problem with that Thank you much this is really helpful.

[thaisdaddario]

These were awesome tips and the video is short and sweet. Awesome content! Thank you!

[GalleryArtMart]

Thanks for useful video
Can you explain why on some place on canvas paints are applied more and some place light paint applied and seems Matty of canvas.how evenly use paints

[Mandyy__]

Hi great video! I have a question though, in my art class I’m painting a chicken and the background is sorta like a tree, but blurred and not detailed. However, the background and the chicken have around the same dark colors, and I don’t know how to get my chicken to stand out more and be brighter.

[highgaugedesign]

Thanks for the tips. You address many of the issues I been having.

[huyle]

i have problem when making cyan with acrylic, it tend to be muddy and darker, more like teal than cyan

[MisterDivineAdVenture]

Good tip on opaqueness boosting with minimal effort.
I am looking for a brighter white than Titanium White. It just appears about an 85% white compared to modern paper that runs 92-95%. I need to use it to pop signage. Looking for a "bright tip"!!

[yashikasinha]

What should I add in acrylic colour to make it shiny?

[marilynroberts]

What is difference i n floetrol additive and floetrol conditioner one is more expensive

[cricketrogers]

I can't get a sunbeam to look right its still too dark and I added white to it so should I put only white?

[alleynanci]

Problem: although I use a medium, still seems like I can’t load brush right and paint too thick.

[shanenephilim]

I'm currently painting a canvas but I'm having problems with my red not standing out against the background

[idontknow]

My paint is very choppy and not smooth at all