Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#4C3136
- 1. Quinacridone Magenta (PR122)41%
- 2. Quinacridone Red (PV19)33%
- 3. Dioxazine Purple (PV23)26%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Mahogany paint
Real pigment ratios for mahogany (#4A2C2A) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Mahogany
#4A2C2A
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #4A2C2A. 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
#4C2B2F
- 1. Mauve (Blue Shade) (PB15,PV19,PV23)42%
- 2. Winsor Violet (Dioxazine) (PV23)25%
- 3. Quinacridone Magenta (PR122)22%
- 4. Purple Madder (PBr25,PV19)11%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#533331
- 1. Opera Pink (PR122)68%
- 2. Carbazole Violet (PV23)16%
- 3. New Gamboge (PY97,PY110)16%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing mahogany
Mahogany is a very dark, warm reddish-brown, closer to a deep red than to a neutral brown, and painters often darken it with black, which pulls it cold and flattens the red out of it. A burnt umber or Van Dyke brown deepened with a touch of a dark red keeps the warmth intact. This is a colour where the dry-down shift matters more than most, since a dark warm colour drying darker or lighter changes its character more than a mid-tone would.
Related colours
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