Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#FAD78B
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)96%
- 2. Cadmium Orange (PO20)4%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Emerald paint
Real pigment ratios for emerald (#50C878) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Emerald
#50C878
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #50C878. 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
#F2CEB6
- 1. Flake White Hue (PW4,PW6)96%
- 2. Winsor Orange (PO73)2%
- 3. Scarlet Lake (PR255)2%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#F4F5F3
- 1. Chinese White (PW4)96%
- 2. Buff Titanium (PW6)4%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing emerald
Emerald is a saturated, slightly blue-leaning green, and painters often reach for a yellow-shade green and end up with something closer to grass than gemstone. Starting from a blue-shade phthalo green and adjusting the yellow in small amounts keeps the jewel-like quality intact. Emerald also tends to be one of the strongest tinting pigments in the box, so a little goes further than it looks like it should on the palette.
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