Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#DE795C
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)74%
- 2. Cadmium Red Medium (PR108)13%
- 3. Cadmium Orange (PO20)9%
- 4. Naphthol Red Medium (PR5)4%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Burnt Orange paint
Real pigment ratios for burnt orange (#CB6D51) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Burnt Orange
#CB6D51
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #CB6D51. 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
#B1493F
- 1. Bright Red (PR254)27%
- 2. Permanent Carmine (PV19)28%
- 3. Burnt Umber (PBr7)24%
- 4. Indian Yellow Deep (PY150)21%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#DF7150
- 1. Cadmium Orange Hue (PY53,PO73,PY83)64%
- 2. Pyrrol Scarlet (PR255)17%
- 3. Perinone Orange (PO43)15%
- 4. Terre Verte (PG18,PBr7)4%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing burnt orange
Burnt orange is orange darkened and dulled, not orange with black added, which is the mistake that kills it fastest. Black pulls warm oranges toward grey-brown in a way that reads as dirty rather than rich. A burnt sienna, or a small amount of the orange's complement (blue), gets a darker, warmer result that still reads as orange, just burnt.
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