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How to mix

How to mix Maroon paint

Real pigment ratios for maroon (#800000) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.

Target colour

Maroon

#800000

Live mixer

Open this colour in the mixer

The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #800000. Change your brand, medium or palette and the recipe updates instantly.

Open in mixer

Recipes by medium

One default brand per medium. Open the mixer to swap in your own tubes.

Acrylic

Golden Heavy Body Acrylics

Mixed result

#83373A

  1. 1. Quinacridone Red (PV19)41%
  2. 2. Quinacridone Magenta (PR122)26%
  3. 3. Pyrrole Red (PR254)23%
  4. 4. Dioxazine Purple (PV23)10%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

Oil

Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colour

Mixed result

#833022

  1. 1. Mauve (Blue Shade) (PB15,PV19,PV23)44%
  2. 2. Quinacridone Magenta (PR122)30%
  3. 3. Prussian Green (PB15,PY110)26%

Dry-down

Dries true to colour.

Watercolour

Daniel Smith Extra Fine

Mixed result

#853F2E

  1. 1. Opera Pink (PR122)41%
  2. 2. New Gamboge (PY97,PY110)38%
  3. 3. Pyrrol Red (PR254)21%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.

Common mistakes when mixing maroon

Maroon and burgundy get confused constantly because they're close in hue, but maroon sits warmer and browner. The common mistake is using the same recipe for both: maroon usually wants a touch more yellow-earth influence, a raw sienna or burnt umber, where burgundy wants more blue-violet. If your maroon keeps drifting toward burgundy, you're likely darkening with a cool pigment instead of a warm one.

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