The following information about colors came from the South Bay Model Shipwrights who passed it on from another club. (What goes around comes around)!Lightening a color is not always achieved by adding white. Adding white will often washout a color or hue, making it look milky. You must, instead, reduce the true color by giving it a lighter hue. The following are a few basic guidelines to change the hue:

Remember that tints and tones are achieved by adding small amounts of color.

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