Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#FBE500
- 1. Cadmium Yellow Light (PY35)100%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Gold paint
Real pigment ratios for gold (#FFD700) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Gold
#FFD700
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #FFD700. 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
#FDD701
- 1. Winsor Yellow (PY74)85%
- 2. Bismuth Yellow (PY184)15%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#FCE701
- 1. Bismuth Vanadate Yellow (PY184)100%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing gold
True metallic gold relies on actual metallic particles catching light, which no flat mixture of standard pigments can replicate, if you need real shimmer, you need an actual metallic paint, not a mixed recipe. What Chromilla can get you is the flat colour equivalent, a rich yellow-orange that reads as gold in a matte sense. Know which one you actually need before you start mixing, since they solve different problems.
Related colours
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