Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#FAFBF8
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)100%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Cream paint
Real pigment ratios for cream (#FFFDD0) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Cream
#FFFDD0
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #FFFDD0. 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
#F8F6CA
- 1. Naples Yellow Light (PO62,PW6,PY138)91%
- 2. Lemon Yellow Hue (PY53)9%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#F8F6C6
- 1. Buff Titanium (PW6)63%
- 2. Cadmium Orange Hue (PY53,PO73,PY83)37%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing cream
Cream is white with the faintest amount of warm yellow, and the mistake is adding too much yellow too fast, which tips it into pale gold instead of cream. Add yellow a fraction of a percent at a time against a white base and stop the moment it stops looking like plain white. Cream should read as barely-there warmth, not a colour in its own right.
Related colours
More colours to try once you have cream sorted.