– 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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Answer 1

The particles do not change. You aren’t even seeing the particles. What you see is the light reflected from them. The light reflected is what mixes together into a homogeneous colour.