How to mix Burnt Umber in acrylic

A deep, cool-warm brown. Fast-drying in oil and endlessly mixable. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #5A3320 in acrylic, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Burnt Umber

#5A3320

Mixed result

From these pigments

#5D321F

Pigment recipe

Ratios calibrated for acrylic. Start with the dominant pigment, add the modifiers in the order below, and adjust in 5% steps to your target swatch.

  1. 1. Viridian Green

    PG18

    42%
  2. 2. Burnt Umber

    PBr7

    29%
  3. 3. Burnt Sienna

    PBr7

    16%
  4. 4. Alizarin Crimson

    PR83

    13%

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