What two colors make mint green?

Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts an 88% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

How do you make mint green paint lighter without losing the hue?

Lighten in small steps and compare against the target each time. Chromilla's palette struggles with a lighter mint green (#C2EFD4) in acrylic: Chromilla's model predicts a 78% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Why does mint green look different when acrylic dries?

Acrylic binder looks milky while wet and clears as it dries, so the dried film reads darker. Chromilla's model applies a 10% value shift for acrylic, so the wet mix #A8D6BC is predicted to dry to about #9AC1A7. Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

What is the hex code for mint green?

Chromilla uses #A8D5BA as the target for mint green. The acrylic recipe is predicted to dry to about #9AC1A7.

Can I mix mint green without black?

Yes. Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses no black: 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre.

How to mix

Mint Green paint in acrylic, oil and watercolor, compared

Real pigment ratios for mint green (#A8D5BA) in acrylic, oil and watercolor. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.

Quick answer

To mix mint green (#A8D5BA) in acrylic (oil and watercolor are compared below), use 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts an 88% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out. Chromilla is a web-based paint color mixer that turns any color, from a photo, the camera or a hex code, into exact paint-tube ratios for acrylic, oil and watercolor, using Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing and aiming at the color after it dries.

Mint Green in acrylic, oil and watercolor, side by side (dry match by Chromilla's color model, not a measured paint-out)
Medium	Tubes and parts	Predicted dry match	Drying
Acrylic	50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre	88%	Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
Oil	50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre	99%	Dries true to color.
Watercolor	50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre	90%	Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.

How we calculated this: Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing, then a per-medium dry shift, scored with CIEDE2000. Method and accuracy benchmark. Last checked August 2026.

Terms used here: Dry shift, Value, Kubelka-Munk, Delta E (dE2000), Transparency, Pigment code, Tint.

Target color

Mint Green

#A8D5BA

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Recipes by medium

Checked August 2026

Generic pigment ratios, the same ones the Chromilla mixer solves for. Open the mixer to swap in your own brand and tubes.

acrylic

Pigment recipe

88% when dry

Wet mix

#A8D6BC

1. Titanium White (PW6)50%
2. Viridian Green (PG18)46%
3. Yellow Ochre (PY43)4%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

oil

Pigment recipe

99% when dry

Wet mix

#A8D6BC

1. Titanium White (PW6)50%
2. Viridian Green (PG18)46%
3. Yellow Ochre (PY43)4%

Dry-down

Dries true to color.

watercolour

Pigment recipe

90% when dry

Wet mix

#A8D6BC

1. Titanium White (PW6)50%
2. Viridian Green (PG18)46%
3. Yellow Ochre (PY43)4%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.

Common mistakes when mixing mint green

Mint is a pale, slightly blue-leaning green, and most painters make it too yellow because they start from a warm green rather than a cool one. Starting from a blue-shade green (phthalo blue-green rather than a yellow-shade green) and adding white gets closer on the first try. Too much white and it goes chalky fast, since mint carries less pigment load than most greens to begin with.

Exact single-medium recipes

Straight-to-the-ratio versions of mint green in each medium, from the Chromilla mix library.

Why the three mediums differ for mint green

acrylic carries a 10% value shift on drying in Chromilla's model (dries slightly darker and a touch warmer), so the acrylic mix is predicted to dry to #9AC1A7.
oil dries true to color in Chromilla's model, so the oil mix is predicted to dry to #A8D6BC.
watercolor carries a 8% value shift on drying in Chromilla's model (dries slightly darker and a touch cooler), so the watercolor mix is predicted to dry to #9AC5AF.
In watercolor the paper is the white, so lighter versions come from adding water rather than white paint.

Acrylic recipe in detail

Mint Green in acrylic: tube ratios, and ml for a 100 ml batch
Paint	Pigment	Share	100 ml batch
Titanium White	PW6	50%	50 ml
Viridian Green	PG18	46%	46 ml
Yellow Ochre	PY43	4%	4 ml

Variations on Mint Green (acrylic)

Each variation is its own target (lighter and darker move OKLCH lightness by 0.08; warmer and cooler turn the hue 12 degrees toward red or blue), solved fresh.

Lighter Mint Green

#C2EFD4

Not a confident recipe: the closest mix is 69% Titanium White, 27% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre, and chromilla's model predicts a 78% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Darker Mint Green

#8FBBA1

87% Titanium White, 9% Burnt Umber and 4% Phthalo Blue. Chromilla's model predicts an 85% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Warmer Mint Green

#B0D4B2

7 parts Titanium White, 5 parts Viridian Green and 1 part Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts an 89% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Cooler Mint Green

#A2D6C3

53% Viridian Green and 47% Titanium White. Chromilla's model predicts an 85% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Mint Green questions

What two colors make mint green?: Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts an 88% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
How do you make mint green paint lighter without losing the hue?: Lighten in small steps and compare against the target each time. Chromilla's palette struggles with a lighter mint green (#C2EFD4) in acrylic: Chromilla's model predicts a 78% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
Why does mint green look different when acrylic dries?: Acrylic binder looks milky while wet and clears as it dries, so the dried film reads darker. Chromilla's model applies a 10% value shift for acrylic, so the wet mix #A8D6BC is predicted to dry to about #9AC1A7. Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
What is the hex code for mint green?: Chromilla uses #A8D5BA as the target for mint green. The acrylic recipe is predicted to dry to about #9AC1A7.
Can I mix mint green without black?: Yes. Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses no black: 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre.

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