How to Mix Periwinkle in Acrylic

A soft blue-violet periwinkle. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #8A9AE0 in acrylic, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Periwinkle

#8A9AE0

Mixed result

96% match

From these pigments

#859BDF

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. Titanium White
PW6
66%
2. Ultramarine Blue
PB29
34%

What colours make Periwinkle?

Titanium White and Ultramarine Blue, in roughly a 66:34 ratio.

How to make Periwinkle in acrylic

Start with Titanium White at about 66% as your acrylic base, then work in Ultramarine Blue in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #8A9AE0.

Why mix Periwinkle instead of buying it

Mixing Periwinkle yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Periwinkle across paint brands whose factory tubes differ, and rebuild the exact colour 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.

Get this recipe for your paint brand

Open the live mixer with Periwinkle + acrylic pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.

Open in mixer

Related mixing guides

Pigment mixing is subtractive, so small ratio changes matter. The mixer refines this recipe to your brand and updates on the fly.