How to mix

How to mix Medium Skin Tone paint

Real pigment ratios for medium skin tone (#C68A63) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.

Target colour

Medium Skin Tone

#C68A63

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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

99% match

Mixed result

#C58A63

ΔE 0.3

1. Titanium White (PW6)75%
2. Burnt Sienna (PBr7)14%
3. Burnt Umber (PBr7)7%
4. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)4%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

oil

Pigment recipe

99% match

Mixed result

#C58A63

ΔE 0.3

1. Titanium White (PW6)75%
2. Burnt Sienna (PBr7)14%
3. Burnt Umber (PBr7)7%
4. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)4%

Dry-down

Dries true to colour.

watercolour

Pigment recipe

99% match

Mixed result

#C58A63

ΔE 0.3

1. Titanium White (PW6)75%
2. Burnt Sienna (PBr7)14%
3. Burnt Umber (PBr7)7%
4. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)4%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.

Common mistakes when mixing medium skin tone

The mistake at this depth is reaching for a single 'flesh tone' tube and stopping there, which ignores how much a real face varies within itself. Build from a burnt sienna or similar earth base, then push warmer or cooler in small steps to match what you're actually seeing rather than the swatch. Overworking the mix with too many pigments is the other common trap, since skin usually reads more convincingly from three or four colours than from seven.

Short recipes by medium

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

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