Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#F6CCCE
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)98%
- 2. Pyrrole Red (PR254)2%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Blush paint
Real pigment ratios for blush (#F4C2C2) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Blush
#F4C2C2
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #F4C2C2. Change your brand, medium or palette and the recipe updates instantly.
Recipes by medium
One default brand per medium. Open the mixer to swap in your own tubes.
Oil
Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour
Mixed result
#EFC9C9
- 1. Naples Yellow Light (PO62,PW6,PY138)71%
- 2. Permanent Carmine (PV19)15%
- 3. Flake White Hue (PW4,PW6)8%
- 4. Burnt Umber (PBr7)6%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#F7CEC8
- 1. Buff Titanium (PW6)93%
- 2. Pyrrol Scarlet (PR255)7%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing blush
Blush sits close to skin-tone pink and painters often confuse the two, but blush is cooler and more uniform, without the yellow undertone real skin usually carries. Keep yellow out of the mix entirely, a warm red with white and the faintest touch of a cool earth is usually enough. Overmixing blush kills its softness fast, since it carries very little pigment relative to white to begin with.
Related colours
More colours to try once you have blush sorted.