All Three Primary
Mike's got the right idea. If you mix Red-Yellow+Blue together you'll get mud. But that can be good if it's the muddy brown you want. But start out slow with larger amount of light color (yellow), then add only a small amount of red (creates orange) but then add even a smaller amount of the blue. The largest amount is simply the yellow base.
Here's another way to think of making it. Take yellow and a little red to make your orange.
Then in another batch take yellow again with a little blue to make your green. Both the orange and green are secondary colors.
Then you can mix the two secondaries together (in whatever proportion) to get the shade of olive that you're looking for. If you want it a little warmer or cooler simply add a little red or blue.
I used to teach art in Sacramento many years ago and the color wheel was always fun.
Tony
TONY BUZOLICH
Feather River Fly
Yuba City, CA.
(530) 790-7180
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