Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#BA626E
- 1. Quinacridone Red (PV19)72%
- 2. Titanium White (PW6)16%
- 3. Quinacridone Magenta (PR122)12%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Magenta paint
Real pigment ratios for magenta (#C2185B) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Magenta
#C2185B
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #C2185B. 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
#AF3E46
- 1. Permanent Carmine (PV19)100%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#BD4C54
- 1. Imperial Purple (PV19,PB29)47%
- 2. Neutral Tint (PBk6,PV19,PB15)36%
- 3. Buff Titanium (PW6)17%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing magenta
The magenta you see on a screen is more saturated than any pigment combination can reach, since screens mix light additively and paint doesn't work that way. A quinacridone magenta or rose pigment gets the closest real-paint version, but if your target hex is a fully saturated screen magenta, expect an honestly lower match score rather than a mix that's quietly wrong. This is one of the clearest cases where the gap is in the target, not the recipe.
Related colours
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