How to mix

How to mix Forest Green paint

Real pigment ratios for forest green (#2E4D34) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.

Target colour

Forest Green

#2E4D34

Live mixer

Open this colour in the mixer

The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #2E4D34. Change your brand, medium or palette and the recipe updates instantly.

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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

98% match

Mixed result

#2D4B32

ΔE 0.7

1. Yellow Ochre (PY43)65%
2. Phthalo Blue (PB15)30%
3. Ivory Black (PBk9)5%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

oil

Pigment recipe

98% match

Mixed result

#2D4B32

ΔE 0.7

1. Yellow Ochre (PY43)65%
2. Phthalo Blue (PB15)30%
3. Ivory Black (PBk9)5%

Dry-down

Dries true to colour.

watercolour

Pigment recipe

98% match

Mixed result

#2D4B32

ΔE 0.7

1. Yellow Ochre (PY43)65%
2. Phthalo Blue (PB15)30%
3. Ivory Black (PBk9)5%

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.

Short recipes by medium

Straight-to-the-ratio versions of forest green in each medium, from the Chromilla mix library.

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