Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#E08D3A
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)30%
- 2. Cadmium Orange (PO20)29%
- 3. Yellow Oxide (PY42)25%
- 4. Quinacridone Red (PV19)16%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
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.
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
#CF8460
- 1. Flake White Hue (PW4,PW6)70%
- 2. Winsor Orange (PO73)21%
- 3. Pale Rose Blush (PV19,PW4,PY42)6%
- 4. Light Red (PR101)3%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#E08E35
- 1. Chinese White (PW4)75%
- 2. Neutral Tint (PBk6,PV19,PB15)16%
- 3. Pyrrol Orange (PO73)5%
- 4. Bismuth Vanadate Yellow (PY184)4%
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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