Can i buy pigment to add to white paint?

Question

I already have white paint at home...still good, and just want to touch up my front porch. barn red ...can I buy just the pigment and mix at home. Or will the hardware store mix my old paint

Answer 1

You can mix the paint. Just be sure you mix water based with water based and oil with oil. Don't cross mix them and you will be fine.

Answer 2

Yes, you can buy pigment though not every place that sells paint sells the pigment, and it isn't very cheap. You will probably have to go to a paint specialty store. However, barn red would normally be mixed from a deep base with less white pigment in it than what's in your white paint, even though the base would appear white before you mix it with a colour. I'm afraid you might have to add a great deal of pigment to get a real barn red. You might end up with something more like a deep orange or pink. Go to the paint store and see what they think, but I suspect you'd be better off to buy the colour you want.