What two colors make peach?

Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 94% Titanium White, 3% Cadmium Red and 3% Burnt Sienna. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts an 89% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

How do you make peach paint lighter without losing the hue?

Lighten in small steps and compare against the target each time. Chromilla's palette struggles with a lighter peach (#FFE5D2) in acrylic: Chromilla's model predicts a 78% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Why does peach look different when acrylic dries?

Acrylic binder looks milky while wet and clears as it dries, so the dried film reads darker. Chromilla's model applies a 10% value shift for acrylic, so the wet mix #F5CAAB is predicted to dry to about #E0B698. Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.

What is the hex code for peach?

Chromilla uses #F3C6A5 as the target for peach. The acrylic recipe is predicted to dry to about #E0B698.

Can I mix peach without black?

Yes. Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses no black: 94% Titanium White, 3% Cadmium Red and 3% Burnt Sienna.

How to Mix Peach in Acrylic

Quick answer

To mix peach (#F3C6A5) in acrylic, use 94% Titanium White, 3% Cadmium Red and 3% Burnt Sienna. Chromilla's model predicts an 89% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out. Chromilla is a web-based paint color mixer that turns any color, from a photo, the camera or a hex code, into exact paint-tube ratios for acrylic, oil and watercolor, using Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing and aiming at the color after it dries.

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Peach

#F3C6A5

Predicted dry result

89% match when dry

Mix to #F5CAAB while wet. It dries to about #E0B698.

Peach in acrylic: tube ratios, and ml for a 100 ml batch
Paint	Pigment	Share	100 ml batch
Titanium White	PW6	94%	94 ml
Cadmium Red	PR108	3%	3 ml
Burnt Sienna	PBr7	3%	3 ml

How we calculated this: Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing, then a per-medium dry shift, scored with CIEDE2000. Method and accuracy benchmark. Last checked August 2026.

Terms used here: Tinting strength, Dry shift, Kubelka-Munk, Delta E (dE2000), Pigment code, Gamut.

A warm, pale peach. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #F3C6A5 in acrylic, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Pigment recipe

Checked August 2026

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. Titanium White
PW6
94%
2. Cadmium Red
PR108
3%
3. Burnt Sienna
PBr7
3%

What colors make Peach?

Titanium White, Cadmium Red, and Burnt Sienna, in roughly a 94:3:3 ratio.

How to make Peach in acrylic

Start with Titanium White at about 94% as your acrylic base, then work in Cadmium Red and Burnt Sienna in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #F3C6A5.

Why mix Peach instead of buying it

Mixing Peach yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Peach across paint brands whose factory tubes differ, and rebuild the exact color when you run out mid painting. The recipe above is the working starting point.

Common mistakes

White cools and chalks a mix as you add it, so tint in small steps and stop before it goes pastel.

Variations on Peach

Each variation is its own target (lighter and darker move OKLCH lightness by 0.08; warmer and cooler turn the hue 12 degrees toward red or blue), solved fresh.

Lighter Peach

#FFE5D2

Not a confident recipe: the closest mix is 97% Titanium White and 3% Burnt Umber, and chromilla's model predicts a 78% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Darker Peach

#D8AD8C

84% Titanium White, 13% Burnt Umber and 3% Cadmium Red. Chromilla's model predicts an 88% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Warmer Peach

#F7C3AB

91% Titanium White, 5% Cadmium Red and 4% Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts an 87% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Cooler Peach

#F7C3AB

91% Titanium White, 5% Cadmium Red and 4% Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts an 87% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Peach questions

What two colors make peach?: Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 94% Titanium White, 3% Cadmium Red and 3% Burnt Sienna. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts an 89% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
How do you make peach paint lighter without losing the hue?: Lighten in small steps and compare against the target each time. Chromilla's palette struggles with a lighter peach (#FFE5D2) in acrylic: Chromilla's model predicts a 78% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
Why does peach look different when acrylic dries?: Acrylic binder looks milky while wet and clears as it dries, so the dried film reads darker. Chromilla's model applies a 10% value shift for acrylic, so the wet mix #F5CAAB is predicted to dry to about #E0B698. Dries slightly darker and a touch warmer.
What is the hex code for peach?: Chromilla uses #F3C6A5 as the target for peach. The acrylic recipe is predicted to dry to about #E0B698.
Can I mix peach without black?: Yes. Chromilla's acrylic recipe uses no black: 94% Titanium White, 3% Cadmium Red and 3% Burnt Sienna.

Peach in other mediums

Peach in Oil: 94% Titanium White, 3% Cadmium Red and 3% Burnt Sienna, predicted 97% dry match by Chromilla's color model.
Peach in Watercolor: 94% Titanium White, 3% Cadmium Red and 3% Burnt Sienna, predicted 90% dry match by Chromilla's color model.

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