The most basic method is to simply mix black and white to get a neutral gray color. However, you can also use complementary colors and all the primary colors to create gray. Adding white will then give you different gray shades.

How is GREY made?

Grey (or gray in the American spelling) is a neutral colour between black and white. ... Grey can also be made by mixing complementary colours together (orange and blue, green and red, or yellow and purple), or by mixing all three primary colours (red, yellow and blue).

How do you make GREY with acrylic paint?

To mix gray you can mix white with black or white with gray. Most artists prefer to mix gray from scratch. To do this you use the primary colors plus white. There are many different color mixes of grays that you can mix doing this.