Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#C69B9D
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)92%
- 2. Cadmium Red Medium (PR108)6%
- 3. Carbon Black (PBk7)2%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Forest Green paint
Real pigment ratios for forest green (#228B22) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Forest Green
#228B22
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #228B22. 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
#F1E98A
- 1. Lemon Yellow Hue (PY53)71%
- 2. Naples Yellow Light (PO62,PW6,PY138)19%
- 3. Underpainting White (Fast Drying) (PW4,PW6)5%
- 4. Titanium White (PW4,PW6)5%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#269833
- 1. Chinese White (PW4)84%
- 2. Ivory Black (PBk9)8%
- 3. Bismuth Vanadate Yellow (PY184)5%
- 4. Cobalt Green (PG50)3%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing forest green
Forest green is a dark, slightly blue-leaning green, and the mistake is darkening a bright green with black, which turns it flat and soot-like instead of deep. A blue-shade green darkened with a touch of its complement, or with a dark neutral rather than pure black, keeps the colour feeling like actual foliage rather than a swatch chart.
Related colours
More colours to try once you have forest green sorted.