i used green fabric paint on a material, which came out too dark. could I mix the fabric paint with yellow acrylic paint to make it brighter?
First, fabric paint IS acrylic paint... it's just had something called clear textile medium added to it to make it a bit thinner and cause it to be more flexible on fabric when it's dried. One brand of textile medium is by Folk Art, and there are a few more...find them at craft stores and art supply stores (near the acrylic paints), and perhaps even at fabric stores. You could make your green fabric paint lighter in several ways: ...add (more) plain textile medium to it ...add water to it ...add white fabric paint to it ...add white acrylic paint to it (or any light color, but the resulting mix will be affected by whatever color you choose) Those first two can make the color more transparent and less saturated (which translates as lighter), depending on how much you add. The last one will make the color stiffer on fabric when the paint dries (depending on how much you add), but will keep the color pretty saturated and opaque though lighter in appearance. The third one would be ideal if you want the color to stay saturated but still be as flexible on fabric as possible once dry. I'd test various proportions of whatever you want to use on a similar fabric or at least on fabric that's the same lightness-darkness as the one you want to use before committing. (Acrylic paints dry pretty quickly, or put them in front of a fan or in a warm dry place for quickest drying.) That way you can tell if you've added too much or not enough of the medium you chose to get the effect you want. HTH, Diane B.
no dont use acrylic paint because what acrylic paint is is that its base is plastic. When it hardens it will crack. Even if you use flexible acrylic, its still going to rip if you put on a heavy coating. And it wont move with the fabric. It will be stuff. Try using ink or water colors.
Can You Mix Acrylic Paint
