What two colors make blush?

Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 90% Titanium White, 7% Yellow Ochre and 3% Alizarin Crimson. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts an 86% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

How do you make blush paint lighter without losing the hue?

Lighten in small steps and compare against the target each time. Chromilla's palette struggles with a lighter blush (#FEE3E3) in acrylic: Chromilla's model predicts a 71% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Why does blush look different when acrylic dries?

Acrylic binder looks milky while wet and clears as it dries, so the dried film reads darker. Chromilla's model applies a 10% value shift for acrylic, so the wet mix #F2BFC0 is predicted to dry to about #DDACAB. Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

What is the hex code for blush?

Chromilla uses #F4C2C2 as the target for blush. The acrylic recipe is predicted to dry to about #DDACAB.

Can I mix blush without black?

Yes. Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses no black: 90% Titanium White, 7% Yellow Ochre and 3% Alizarin Crimson.

How to mix

Blush paint in acrylic, oil and watercolor, compared

Real pigment ratios for blush (#F4C2C2) in acrylic, oil and watercolor. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.

Quick answer

To mix blush (#F4C2C2) in acrylic (oil and watercolor are compared below), use 90% Titanium White, 7% Yellow Ochre and 3% Alizarin Crimson. Chromilla's model predicts an 86% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out. Chromilla is a web-based paint color mixer that turns any color, from a photo, the camera or a hex code, into exact paint-tube ratios for acrylic, oil and watercolor, using Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing and aiming at the color after it dries.

Blush in acrylic, oil and watercolor, side by side (dry match by Chromilla's color model, not a measured paint-out)
Medium	Tubes and parts	Predicted dry match	Drying
Acrylic	90% Titanium White, 7% Yellow Ochre and 3% Alizarin Crimson	86%	Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
Oil	90% Titanium White, 7% Yellow Ochre and 3% Alizarin Crimson	98%	Dries true to color.
Watercolor	90% Titanium White, 7% Yellow Ochre and 3% Alizarin Crimson	88%	Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.

How we calculated this: Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing, then a per-medium dry shift, scored with CIEDE2000. Method and accuracy benchmark. Last checked August 2026.

Terms used here: Dry shift, Value, Kubelka-Munk, Delta E (dE2000), Transparency, Pigment code, Tint.

Target color

Blush

#F4C2C2

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Recipes by medium

Checked August 2026

Generic pigment ratios, the same ones the Chromilla mixer solves for. Open the mixer to swap in your own brand and tubes.

acrylic

Pigment recipe

86% when dry

Wet mix

#F2BFC0

1. Titanium White (PW6)90%
2. Yellow Ochre (PY43)7%
3. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)3%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

oil

Pigment recipe

98% when dry

Wet mix

#F2BFC0

1. Titanium White (PW6)90%
2. Yellow Ochre (PY43)7%
3. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)3%

Dry-down

Dries true to color.

watercolour

Pigment recipe

88% when dry

Wet mix

#F2BFC0

1. Titanium White (PW6)90%
2. Yellow Ochre (PY43)7%
3. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)3%

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.

Why the three mediums differ for blush

acrylic carries a 10% value shift on drying in Chromilla's model (dries slightly darker and a touch warmer), so the acrylic mix is predicted to dry to #DDACAB.
oil dries true to color in Chromilla's model, so the oil mix is predicted to dry to #F2BFC0.
watercolor carries a 8% value shift on drying in Chromilla's model (dries slightly darker and a touch cooler), so the watercolor mix is predicted to dry to #DEB0B3.
In watercolor the paper is the white, so lighter versions come from adding water rather than white paint.

Acrylic recipe in detail

Blush in acrylic: tube ratios, and ml for a 100 ml batch
Paint	Pigment	Share	100 ml batch
Titanium White	PW6	90%	90 ml
Yellow Ochre	PY43	7%	7 ml
Alizarin Crimson	PR83	3%	3 ml

Variations on Blush (acrylic)

Each variation is its own target (lighter and darker move OKLCH lightness by 0.08; warmer and cooler turn the hue 12 degrees toward red or blue), solved fresh.

Lighter Blush

#FEE3E3

Not a confident recipe: the closest mix is 97% Titanium White and 3% Cadmium Red, and chromilla's model predicts a 71% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Darker Blush

#D9A9A9

84% Titanium White, 6% Viridian Green, 5% Alizarin Crimson and 5% Burnt Umber. Chromilla's model predicts an 86% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Warmer Blush

#F4C3BB

94% Titanium White, 3% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Burnt Sienna. Chromilla's model predicts an 85% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Cooler Blush

#F3C1CA

94% Titanium White, 3% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts an 87% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Blush questions

What two colors make blush?: Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 90% Titanium White, 7% Yellow Ochre and 3% Alizarin Crimson. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts an 86% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
How do you make blush paint lighter without losing the hue?: Lighten in small steps and compare against the target each time. Chromilla's palette struggles with a lighter blush (#FEE3E3) in acrylic: Chromilla's model predicts a 71% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
Why does blush look different when acrylic dries?: Acrylic binder looks milky while wet and clears as it dries, so the dried film reads darker. Chromilla's model applies a 10% value shift for acrylic, so the wet mix #F2BFC0 is predicted to dry to about #DDACAB. Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
What is the hex code for blush?: Chromilla uses #F4C2C2 as the target for blush. The acrylic recipe is predicted to dry to about #DDACAB.
Can I mix blush without black?: Yes. Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses no black: 90% Titanium White, 7% Yellow Ochre and 3% Alizarin Crimson.

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