Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#FAE09E
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)98%
- 2. Cadmium Orange (PO20)2%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Mustard Yellow paint
Real pigment ratios for mustard yellow (#FFDB58) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Mustard Yellow
#FFDB58
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #FFDB58. 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
#F3D3CE
- 1. Flake White Hue (PW4,PW6)95%
- 2. Naples Yellow Light (PO62,PW6,PY138)3%
- 3. Scarlet Lake (PR255)2%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#F3DE50
- 1. Chinese White (PW4)96%
- 2. Bismuth Vanadate Yellow (PY184)2%
- 3. Pyrrol Red (PR254)2%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing mustard yellow
Mustard is yellow pulled toward brown and green at the same time, and most painters only pull it toward one or the other, landing on a plain gold or a dull olive instead. A small amount of both a red-brown and a green-black earth pigment, added to a strong yellow, gets the double shift right. Go slowly: mustard turns to olive green fast if the darkening pigment overwhelms the yellow.
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