Water Base Screen Printing Inks

The primary colors used in color mixing are red, yellow, and blue. When dealing with screen print inks or pigments, these primary colors can be blended to generate a variety of additional colors. When you blend two primary colors, you obtain secondary colors. The secondary colors are orange, purple, and green.

A tertiary color is created by combining a main color and a secondary color. These are the colors commonly use in Screen printing.

Brown inks are made by combining one main color and a secondary color. For example, combining purple with yellow produces gentler, yellowish browns, which are common in many objects. When red is combined with green, it creates a warm, earthy brown that works well with natural themes. Blending blue and orange produces a neutral brown that works well for stone-like effects. You can reclaim any leftover ink that is too brown or an uncommon shade. You can combine several colored inks to get a darker brown. 

Typically, black is created by combining all colors, yielding a rich black. However, adding a black tint to leftover inks can result in high-quality black ink. When you combine white to any and primary colors, you can get some recognized colors.

Adding white to any color creates a pastel version of that color. A better method is to mix your color into a base of white rather than adding white to a color, as this can lead to a lot of excess ink.