Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#E38630
- 1. Cadmium Orange (PO20)52%
- 2. Yellow Oxide (PY42)29%
- 3. Titanium White (PW6)19%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Ochre paint
Real pigment ratios for ochre (#CC7722) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Ochre
#CC7722
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #CC7722. 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
#CF7721
- 1. Olive Green (PBk6,PY110)60%
- 2. Indian Yellow Deep (PY150)23%
- 3. Prussian Green (PB15,PY110)17%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#E18124
- 1. New Gamboge (PY97,PY110)94%
- 2. Green Gold (PY150,PY3,PG36)6%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing ochre
Ochre is one of the few colours here you can often buy as a single tube, since yellow ochre is a real, common pigment, so the mistake is usually overcomplicating it by mixing from scratch when your own yellow ochre would get you there directly. If you are mixing it, a yellow with a touch of a red-brown gets closer than yellow with black, which just muddies it.
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