– What happens when an artist mixes paint for a painting? Are the pigments actually changing physically/chemically? What is actually happening to make the paints change color?

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– What happens when an artist mixes paint for a painting? Are the pigments actually changing physically/chemically? What is actually happening to make the paints change color?

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Imagine a bucket of black sand and a bucket of white sand. Pour them together and mix really well. It’s still black and white sand, but to your eye it will now appear gray. Same principle but with paint