Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#FAFBF8
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)100%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Turquoise paint
Real pigment ratios for turquoise (#40E0D0) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Turquoise
#40E0D0
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #40E0D0. 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
#E1EAF1
- 1. Flake White Hue (PW4,PW6)98%
- 2. Cobalt Blue (PB28)2%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#F8F9E5
- 1. Buff Titanium (PW6)84%
- 2. Cadmium Orange Hue (PY53,PO73,PY83)8%
- 3. Chinese White (PW4)8%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.
Common mistakes when mixing turquoise
Turquoise wants to be brighter than most pigment combinations can manage. Phthalo blue and a green will get you close, but the almost-neon turquoises you see on a screen are often outside what real paint can reach, no tube gets there. A mixing tool that quietly serves a duller mix as a perfect match is lying to you; the honest answer is to tell you when the target is asking for more saturation than pigment can deliver.
Related colours
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