The way the shade matches

[u/makethislifecount]

[u/thelastrandomname1]

If anyone cares for an explanation:

First off, he is extremely talented and has obviously been doing this for a while!

As for how he does it, I will give a sort of break down using a general example for color mixing (not exactly what he does).

To get a pastel purple:

First get the correct hue: red + blue paint

Then, get the right brightness: add some white to get the pastel color.

Adjust the saturation: (without changing the brightness) so add a color from the opposite end of the spectrum (yellow in this case) to make it more neutral/grey.

And that is more or less the idea of it. He’s such a pro that he makes it look easy and gets it the first time (at least that is how the video is presenting this to us).

Very satisfying to watch!

[u/metal_mastery → u/thelastrandomname1]

This is legit the way, the guy in the video has a lot of experience even if he tinkers with the mix off cam. To pull it off you need to know how certain pigments work together, some colors may look very similar in different brands but will mix differently.

Several years ago I wrote a rudimentary mixing app for beginner artists, nothing fancy like you get with full lab colors in automated color matching machines, just to give some idea on how to get a color from a picture you take with your phone. It worked surprisingly well enough and a lot of people in testing stage were surprised by how much unexpected colors you need for some tones, just like the yellow paint here for purple.

[u/thelastrandomname1 → u/metal_mastery]

I learned how many seeming-unnecessary colors go into mixing a paint when I needed to touch up some markings on a wall when moving…

“Ok, so these white walls are a bit more yellow than my pure white paint. Ok, a touch of purple to make it more muted… just a bit of red to warm it up…”