Mixing paint colours

Affinity Photo gives you the opportunity to digitally simulate the mixing of wet paint applied to a canvas.

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Using the Paint Mixer Brush

The Paint Mixer Brush is pre-loaded with the Foreground colour selected on the Colour Studio. As you drag on the page, this colour blends with the colour of pixels underneath the stroke, giving a smudged appearance to the image.

By default, the mixed colour remains on the Paint Mixer Brush. However, the brush can be manually 'cleaned' at any time. As soon as you drag on the page with a clean brush, the brush will pick up the colour directly underneath it.

Alternatively, the mixed colour can be manually removed from the brush at any time and reloaded with the Foreground colour. You can also set this to occur automatically every time you begin a new stroke.

Paint Mixer Brush To mix paints:
  1. From the Photo Persona, select Paint Mixer Brush.
  2. On the Colour Studio, set the Foreground colour.
  3. On the Brushes Studio, select a brush type.
  4. Adjust the context toolbar settings.
  5. Drag on the page.
Clean brush To clean a brush (with no paint on it):
Load brush Auto load brush To remove mixed paint and reload the Paint Mixer Brush:

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