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How to mix Warm Grey paint

Real pigment ratios for warm grey (#8F8578) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.

Target colour

Warm Grey

#8F8578

Live mixer

Open this colour in the mixer

The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #8F8578. Change your brand, medium or palette and the recipe updates instantly.

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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

97% match

Mixed result

#938879

ΔE 1.4

  1. 1. Titanium White (PW6)89%
  2. 2. Cadmium Red (PR108)4%
  3. 3. Phthalo Blue (PB15)4%
  4. 4. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)3%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

oil

Pigment recipe

97% match

Mixed result

#938879

ΔE 1.4

  1. 1. Titanium White (PW6)89%
  2. 2. Cadmium Red (PR108)4%
  3. 3. Phthalo Blue (PB15)4%
  4. 4. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)3%

Dry-down

Dries true to colour.

watercolour

Pigment recipe

97% match

Mixed result

#938879

ΔE 1.4

  1. 1. Titanium White (PW6)89%
  2. 2. Cadmium Red (PR108)4%
  3. 3. Phthalo Blue (PB15)4%
  4. 4. Alizarin Crimson (PR83)3%

Dry-down

Dries slightly darker and a touch cooler.

Common mistakes when mixing warm grey

Warm grey isn't black and white with a little brown added, it's a grey built from complementary colours (a red and a green, or an orange and a blue) mixed close to neutral, then lightened with white. That approach keeps the grey lively instead of chalky. Black-and-white greys read as flat and lifeless next to a true colour-mixed grey, even at the same value.

Short recipes by medium

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

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