For a tie-dye look, use blue, red, yellow, and green.

The paints will stay separated if you use 4 or fewer, though. If you use more than 4 colors, the paint may begin to mix together in the water.The surface of the water should be completely covered with paint by the time you’re done adding your paints.Allow the paint to spread around in the water after you spray each layer. Spray each color in the middle of your previous color for 5-10 seconds. You can use anywhere from 2-3 additional colors for this. You can stick with a single color, but adding multiple shades of paint to the water will create a cool pattern on your shoes. Spray additional colors in the middle of the water if you want multiple colors. This article has been viewed 146,517 times. In this case, 88% of readers who voted found the article helpful, earning it our reader-approved status. WikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. There are 10 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. Eric holds a BA in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an MEd in secondary education from DePaul University. He was the winner of the Paul Carroll award for outstanding achievement in creative writing in 2014, and he was a featured reader at the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Reading Series in 2015. His digital chapbook, The Internet, was also published in TL DR Magazine. A former educator and poet, his work has appeared in Carcinogenic Poetry, Shot Glass Journal, Prairie Margins, and The Rusty Nail. Eric McClure is an editing fellow at wikiHow where he has been editing, researching, and creating content since 2019. This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Eric McClure.

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