How to mix

How to mix Bronze paint

Real pigment ratios for bronze (#CD7F32) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.

Target colour

Bronze

#CD7F32

Live mixer

Open this colour in the mixer

The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #CD7F32. Change your brand, medium or palette and the recipe updates instantly.

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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

98% match

Mixed result

#CC7F37

ΔE 0.8

1. Burnt Sienna (PBr7)68%
2. Titanium White (PW6)32%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

oil

Pigment recipe

98% match

Mixed result

#CC7F37

ΔE 0.8

1. Burnt Sienna (PBr7)68%
2. Titanium White (PW6)32%

Dry-down

Dries true to colour.

watercolour

Pigment recipe

98% match

Mixed result

#CC7F37

ΔE 0.8

1. Burnt Sienna (PBr7)68%
2. Titanium White (PW6)32%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.

Common mistakes when mixing bronze

Like gold, true metallic bronze depends on reflective particles a flat pigment mix can't reproduce, this recipe gets the flat colour equivalent, a warm, muted orange-brown, not the shimmer. Painters expecting a metallic look from a standard pigment mix are usually disappointed for a reason that has nothing to do with the recipe being wrong. If the shimmer matters for your piece, look for an actual metallic or interference paint instead.

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