What two colors make dusty pink?

Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses 4 tubes rather than two: 84% Titanium White, 7% Viridian Green, 6% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Burnt Umber. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts an 86% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Why does dusty pink look different when acrylic dries?

Acrylic binder looks milky while wet and clears as it dries, so the dried film reads darker. Chromilla's model applies a 10% value shift for acrylic, so the wet mix #D8A5AF is predicted to dry to about #C5959C. Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

What is the hex code for dusty pink?

Chromilla uses #D8A7B1 as the target for dusty pink. The acrylic recipe is predicted to dry to about #C5959C.

Can I mix dusty pink without black?

Yes. Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses no black: 84% Titanium White, 7% Viridian Green, 6% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Burnt Umber.

How to mix

Dusty Pink paint in acrylic, oil and watercolor, compared

Real pigment ratios for dusty pink (#D8A7B1) in acrylic, oil and watercolor. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.

Quick answer

To mix dusty pink (#D8A7B1) in acrylic (oil and watercolor are compared below), use 84% Titanium White, 7% Viridian Green, 6% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Burnt Umber. Chromilla's model predicts an 86% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out. Chromilla is a web-based paint color mixer that turns any color, from a photo, the camera or a hex code, into exact paint-tube ratios for acrylic, oil and watercolor, using Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing and aiming at the color after it dries.

Dusty Pink in acrylic, oil and watercolor, side by side (dry match by Chromilla's color model, not a measured paint-out)
Medium	Tubes and parts	Predicted dry match	Drying
Acrylic	84% Titanium White, 7% Viridian Green, 6% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Burnt Umber	86%	Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
Oil	84% Titanium White, 7% Viridian Green, 6% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Burnt Umber	98%	Dries true to color.
Watercolor	84% Titanium White, 7% Viridian Green, 6% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Burnt Umber	89%	Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.

How we calculated this: Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing, then a per-medium dry shift, scored with CIEDE2000. Method and accuracy benchmark. Last checked August 2026.

Terms used here: Dry shift, Value, Kubelka-Munk, Delta E (dE2000), Transparency, Pigment code, Tint.

Target color

Dusty Pink

#D8A7B1

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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

86% when dry

Wet mix

#D8A5AF

1. Titanium White (PW6)84%
2. Viridian Green (PG18)7%
3. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)6%
4. Burnt Umber (PBr7)3%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

oil

Pigment recipe

98% when dry

Wet mix

#D8A5AF

1. Titanium White (PW6)84%
2. Viridian Green (PG18)7%
3. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)6%
4. Burnt Umber (PBr7)3%

Dry-down

Dries true to color.

watercolour

Pigment recipe

89% when dry

Wet mix

#D8A5AF

1. Titanium White (PW6)84%
2. Viridian Green (PG18)7%
3. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)6%
4. Burnt Umber (PBr7)3%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.

Common mistakes when mixing dusty pink

Dusty pink is a pink that's been muted, not lightened, and the mistake is reaching for white and gray when what you actually need is a touch of the pink's complement (a muted green) to take the sweetness out. White alone just gives you a paler, still-sweet pink. A small amount of a neutral earth tone alongside the pink gets the dustiness right without flattening the color.

Why the three mediums differ for dusty pink

acrylic carries a 10% value shift on drying in Chromilla's model (dries slightly darker and a touch warmer), so the acrylic mix is predicted to dry to #C5959C.
oil dries true to color in Chromilla's model, so the oil mix is predicted to dry to #D8A5AF.
watercolor carries a 8% value shift on drying in Chromilla's model (dries slightly darker and a touch cooler), so the watercolor mix is predicted to dry to #C698A3.
In watercolor the paper is the white, so lighter versions come from adding water rather than white paint.

Acrylic recipe in detail

Dusty Pink in acrylic: tube ratios, and ml for a 100 ml batch
Paint	Pigment	Share	100 ml batch
Titanium White	PW6	84%	84 ml
Viridian Green	PG18	7%	7 ml
Alizarin Crimson	PR83	6%	6 ml
Burnt Umber	PBr7	3%	3 ml

Variations on Dusty Pink (acrylic)

Each variation is its own target (lighter and darker move OKLCH lightness by 0.08; warmer and cooler turn the hue 12 degrees toward red or blue), solved fresh.

Lighter Dusty Pink

#F3C0CA

94% Titanium White, 3% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts an 88% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Darker Dusty Pink

#BE8E98

Not a confident recipe: the closest mix is 80% Titanium White, 10% Alizarin Crimson, 7% Yellow Ochre and 3% Ivory Black, and chromilla's model predicts an 84% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Warmer Dusty Pink

#D9A7A9

85% Titanium White, 5% Alizarin Crimson, 5% Burnt Umber and 5% Viridian Green. Chromilla's model predicts an 87% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Cooler Dusty Pink

#D5A7B9

80% Titanium White, 11% Viridian Green, 6% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts an 87% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Dusty Pink questions

What two colors make dusty pink?: Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses 4 tubes rather than two: 84% Titanium White, 7% Viridian Green, 6% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Burnt Umber. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts an 86% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
How do you make dusty pink paint lighter without losing the hue?: Re-balance the mix instead of only adding white. For a lighter dusty pink (#F3C0CA) in acrylic, Chromilla mixes 94% Titanium White, 3% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts an 88% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
Why does dusty pink look different when acrylic dries?: Acrylic binder looks milky while wet and clears as it dries, so the dried film reads darker. Chromilla's model applies a 10% value shift for acrylic, so the wet mix #D8A5AF is predicted to dry to about #C5959C. Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
What is the hex code for dusty pink?: Chromilla uses #D8A7B1 as the target for dusty pink. The acrylic recipe is predicted to dry to about #C5959C.
Can I mix dusty pink without black?: Yes. Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses no black: 84% Titanium White, 7% Viridian Green, 6% Alizarin Crimson and 3% Burnt Umber.

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