How to use Mixer Brush Tool?

As mentioned earlier, the mixer brush tool is used to mix the color of the brush with the background color.  Now, let’s understand this in detail with the help of an example:

Step 1: Create new document

Open a new document of adobe Photoshop.

Step 2: Paint a part of document

Now, paint a part of the document with any color of your choice (say yellow) using the brush tool as shown below:

Step 3: Select mirror brush tool

Right-click on the paint brush tool icon-> A dialog box appears -> Select the mixer brush tool from it.

Step 4: Choose different color

Now choose another color from the palette (different from the color which you have previously chosen) say blue.

Step 5: Cover the previously made part

Simply paint with it over the yellow color part. You will see something like this:

As we can see, the painting with a mixer brush tool feels like painting on a real canvas with the yellow color already painted and the blue color somewhat mixed with the yellow color and produces a slight violet tone. Thus, we have learned the basic idea of how to use the mixer brush tool in Photoshop.

Note: You may not get a result like this if the mix and wet are set to zero. Set it to some value to get the mixing effect.

The Mixer Brush Tool in Photoshop is a cool feature that lets you blend colors like real paint. It’s great for artists who want to create natural, painted looks in their digital artwork. You can use Photoshop to create or edit images, posters, banners, logos, invitation cards, and various types of graphic designing work. It provides various tools for designing and editing and the Mixer Brush tool is one of them.