Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#98B3BE
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)73%
- 2. Phthalo Green (Blue Shade) (PG7)11%
- 3. Cobalt Blue (PB28)9%
- 4. Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade) (PG36)7%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Lavender paint
Real pigment ratios for lavender (#B57EDC) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Lavender
#B57EDC
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #B57EDC. 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
#90A5A9
- 1. Naples Yellow Light (PO62,PW6,PY138)59%
- 2. Indanthrene Blue (PB60)18%
- 3. Winsor Green (Yellow shade) (PG36)13%
- 4. Manganese Blue Hue (PB15,PG7)10%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#A195C5
- 1. Chinese White (PW4)88%
- 2. Alvaro's Fresco Grey (PB29,PV15,PW6)12%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing lavender
Lavender is a pale violet, and violets are unusually sensitive to which red and which blue go into them, some pairs give a clean violet, others give mud. Ultramarine with a quinacridone red or violet tends to stay clean; a cadmium red with the same blue usually doesn't. If your lavender reads brownish instead of soft purple, the red in your mix is probably too warm or too opaque for the job.
Related colours
More colours to try once you have lavender sorted.