Flat Orange ??

[Albireo]

I'm having a hard time finding a small bottle of flat orange (for a figurine's hair - a Martian). Any suggestions or, any ideas on what colors could be combined to get flat orange?

 

[urumomo]

red and yellow ,
or : https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...=1&u=1&pg=1&ppp=48&sb=stocknumber_a&so=d&co=2

 

[Albireo]

red and yellow ,
or : https://www.scalehobbyist.com/catag...=1&u=1&pg=1&ppp=48&sb=stocknumber_a&so=d&co=2

Oh, that's a good site. Thank you!!

 

[Edbert]

Mixing red and yellow is of course how you get orange, but not all oranges can be obtained with all reds/yellows.

Your question kind of implies you have an orange you like, but want a flat version. If I am wrong, disregard. But you can make any paint "flat" with a clear coat. I did that recently on an F-104, I tried mixing and could not get the orange I wanted. The orange I wanted I had, but it was the old-fashioned Testors square bottles, and quite glossy. It turned out good with a nice layer of satin on top, you can get duller effect than this.

 

[Albireo]

Mixing red and yellow is of course how you get orange, but not all oranges can be obtained with all reds/yellows.

Your question kind of implies you have an orange you like, but want a flat version. If I am wrong, disregard.

No, I don't even have a good shade of orange. It's for a character with light red (thus orange) hair. The link that @urumomo provided has a shade that will work.

 

[airdave]

Old enamel paint can be flattened with talcum powder.
At least, thats how I used to make matte colours.
Not sure how it works with today's acrylics.

Mix red and yellow and add a drop of medium brown to make it more of a human hair colour?