Trust me, I tried. And I wasted half an afternoon and a lot of paint and couldn’t get it right. I came close to the right color, but couldn’t get the ’sheen’ or ’sparkle’ from my blended paints.
It pisses me off when I have to admit there are some things I simply can’t do. After fighting my ego I finally I gave up and headed to Dick Blick’s and bought a jar of the stupid stuff. Both Liquitex and Golden have ‘Gold’ paint, but it ain’t cheap. Still, it was cheaper than wasting paint trying to get the right effect.
So, in case the need should ever arise again, how would you mix the right colors (with acrylics) to get the shinny gold effect?
Joy, what I didn’t have is any iridescent white or iridescent anything. This I’ll keep in mind and keep some in stock.
Dragonfly, I did try both mixing Orange Oxide (which came close, with a touch of White and Naphthol) and both Yellow and Orange Ochre. Even using Mars Yellow (with Yellow and White) came close. But without the ’sheen’ that I probably could have gotten with a light mixture of an iridescent medium. But I didn’t get that far because I was getting pissed off at myself.
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