What can you add to white ceiling, flat latex paint to make whiter or brighter? Do they sell tubes of titanium white that will work with latex base paints?
By Ronald Coffey from New York City
I don't believe there is anything you can add. If you want "brighter" as in shinier, you need to get a semi-gloss or gloss to begin with, which is not what most people want on their ceiling. If you want "whiter" paint, then you buy the whitest color that you can get. Most white paints for houses are slightly off white, grey or beige or even blue or pink. But you can get absolutely white if you want it. You cannot, however, take a tinted paint, and make it whiter.
A few drops of gray about four drops per gallon will make white paint whiter
You can add a little bit of light blue to medium shade of blue, any darker might change the color. Remember to add a little at a time
Buy some rutile titanium dioxide online and mix 3 parts water to 1 part titanium and blend to a dispersion now add to a couple of liters of your white paint and stir well.
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Does anyone have a suggestion of what I can add to a white can of paint to add color to it. Preferably something from around the house? Any color but white, I would prefer yellow or blue.
I came across this same dilemma yesterday! We were painting some furniture for the nursery, and had run out of pink for the trim (the pink had originally been a mistint). Instead of buying more pink paint, we just added a darker shade of pink from a tube of acrylic paint to another can of white mistint - it matches perfectly!
Chili powder will give you a nice yellow-orange color.
You might also try Koolaide or food coloring if the paint is water based.
I use water based craft paint to color water based wall paint. On Interior Motives Group, Kurt Cyr, a famous decorator, says he and other decorators do that all the time.
You can add any paint with color to white to tint it to another color.Be sure to stay with latex paint if your white is latex and oil paint if your white paint is oil based.When you buy paint at say a Sherman Williams paint store and you want a peculiar color they do the same thing.The base color is white and they add different tints to the white to get the color you want.The problem with doing tinting yourself is you won't be able to match the color again if you need to touch up or run out of paint brfore you finish your paint job.Maybe the a paint store will do it for you and give you the fomula if you need it again.
I've used acrylics to tint water-based paint too. I've used those small bottles of paint for models to tint oil-based paint.
I use paste food colors. Mix your colors first to get what you want, then mix a small amount with a cup of paint to test. Careful, this must be remixed often to maintain consistency as it sometimes separates if not mixed well.
Coffee grounds, chili powder...one time I tried for fun, to use dried elderberries...it all works!
for water based paints how about concrete dye powder? i used it for changing white primer to grey using black cement dye.
If I add some brown paint to white paint will I have a nice antique white for my farmhouse projects?
Thanks.
Normally to make antique white paint out of just white paint you will add a tint of black to the paint to make it a greyish antique color but if you want a creamy antique white color you would add yellow to the paint. If you want the brownish color you can add a few drops of brown to the paint or some stain.
I actually think if you used chalk paint, it would give it a vintage or antique look. Here is a recipe for homemade chalk paint: 1 cup white latex paint, 1 1/2 Tablespoons water and 2 1/2 Tablespoons Plaster of Paris. If you don't have Plaster of Paris, try this recipe: 1 cup latex paint, 3 Tablespoons cool water, and l/2 c baking soda.
