Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#7B904A
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)67%
- 2. Cadmium Orange (PO20)22%
- 3. Carbon Black (PBk7)6%
- 4. Cerulean Blue, Chromium (PB36)5%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Olive Green paint
Real pigment ratios for olive green (#708238) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Olive Green
#708238
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #708238. 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
#6E8287
- 1. Flake White Hue (PW4,PW6)89%
- 2. Chrome Green Deep Hue (PB15,PG7,PY42)7%
- 3. Pale Rose Blush (PV19,PW4,PY42)2%
- 4. Mauve (Blue Shade) (PB15,PV19,PV23)2%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#738460
- 1. Cadmium Orange Hue (PY53,PO73,PY83)59%
- 2. Chromium Green Oxide (PG17)21%
- 3. Cobalt Blue (PB28)11%
- 4. Mars Yellow (PY42)9%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing olive green
Olive drifts to mud faster than almost any other green, because it already sits close to neutral. Overshoot the yellow and it turns baby-food; overshoot the blue and it turns khaki-grey. The fix usually isn't more pigment, it's less: build olive from a warm yellow and a small amount of a dark, rather than two greens fighting each other. If your olive keeps going flat, you're probably reaching for white to lighten it when more yellow ochre would do the job better.
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