Acrylic
Golden Heavy Body Acrylics
Mixed result
#9E998B
- 1. Titanium White (PW6)51%
- 2. Ultramarine Violet (PV15)23%
- 3. Sap Green Hue (PY150, PG36, PBk7, PR101)14%
- 4. Raw Sienna (PBr7)12%
Dry-down
Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
How to mix
How to mix Warm Grey paint
Real pigment ratios for warm grey (#8A8175) in acrylic, oil and watercolour. The recipes below come straight from Chromilla’s mixer, calibrated to real manufacturer paint data.
Target colour
Warm Grey
#8A8175
Live mixer
Open this colour in the mixer
The Chromilla mixer is pre-loaded with #8A8175. 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
#878175
- 1. Burnt Umber (PBr7)50%
- 2. Naples Yellow Light (PO62,PW6,PY138)21%
- 3. Vandyke Brown (PBk9,PBr7,PR101)21%
- 4. Ultramarine Violet (PV15)8%
Dry-down
Dries true to colour.
Watercolour
Daniel Smith Extra Fine
Mixed result
#9C9787
- 1. Buff Titanium (PW6)33%
- 2. Cadmium Orange Hue (PY53,PO73,PY83)29%
- 3. Graphite Gray (PBk10)21%
- 4. Terre Verte (PG18,PBr7)17%
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.
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