base paint over contrast

[sour panther]

I used flesh tearer red contrast (twice) over a base coat. But the red parts are a bit too dark imo. I have Mephiston Red (base), is it alright to use it over the contrast paint to make the colour a bit lighter?

[mighty idol]

You can use paint over contrast

Contrast is pretty much just a wash/normal paint, so you can use it as either

Then you can always just layer over it

[sour panther]

Okay thanks,

[exotic yew]

Contrast paints are pretty transparent because they're ment to be used over light colors. If you use them over darker colors you get much more muted results.

Absolutely good to paint over or mix with regular acrylics however you want. They're just very thin kind of clear acrylics themselves.

[sour panther]

All right thanks for the explanation actually makes a lot of sense then. Ill paint over it with some Mephiston Red. I do quite like how the contrast flows on the model

[exotic yew]

Yeah try them over a white or tan base coat next time.

The fact that they let the paint under show through can be pretty useful though. The "Slapchop" technique is based on this idea