Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#E8806A
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)76%
- 2. Pyrrole Red (PR254)19%
- 3. Cadmium Orange (PO20)5%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Terracotta paint
Real pigment ratios for terracotta (#E2725B) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Terracotta
#E2725B
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #E2725B. 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
#E3735C
- 1. Flake White Hue (PW4,PW6)66%
- 2. Cadmium Scarlet (PR108)20%
- 3. Winsor Orange (PO73)9%
- 4. Pale Rose Blush (PV19,PW4,PY42)5%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#EB8064
- 1. Cadmium Orange Hue (PY53,PO73,PY83)34%
- 2. Pyrrol Scarlet (PR255)26%
- 3. Buff Titanium (PW6)23%
- 4. Perinone Orange (PO43)17%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing terracotta
Terracotta is a warm, muted orange-red, close to the colour of fired clay, and painters usually make it too clean and bright. A little of its complement, a blue-green, muted into the mix gets the dusty, earthy quality real terracotta has, rather than a saturated coral. Burnt sienna is often most of the answer here before you reach for red at all.
Related colours
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