Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#EA8F65
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)82%
- 2. Cadmium Orange (PO20)8%
- 3. Pyrrole Red (PR254)5%
- 4. Cadmium Red Medium (PR108)5%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Coral paint
Real pigment ratios for coral (#FF7F50) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Coral
#FF7F50
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #FF7F50. 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
#EE7F53
- 1. Flake White Hue (PW4,PW6)62%
- 2. Winsor Orange (PO73)25%
- 3. Cadmium Scarlet (PR108)13%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#F19459
- 1. Cadmium Orange Hue (PY53,PO73,PY83)45%
- 2. Perinone Orange (PO43)24%
- 3. Buff Titanium (PW6)18%
- 4. Pyrrol Orange (PO73)13%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing coral
Coral sits in the narrow band between pink and orange, so a small shift in your red-to-yellow ratio decides whether you land on salmon, coral, or plain orange. Adding white too early to lighten the mix is the most common misstep, since it flattens the colour before the hue is settled; get the hue right at full strength first, then lighten last. Watercolourists should mix stronger than they think they need, since coral dries noticeably lighter once the water lifts.
Related colours
More colours to try once you have coral sorted.