How to Mix Sap Green in Acrylic

A warm, transparent foliage green. Yellow-leaning, softer than viridian. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #4B6A2A in acrylic, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Sap Green

#4B6A2A

Mixed result

96% match

From these pigments

#4C6930

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. Viridian Green
PG18
83%
2. Burnt Sienna
PBr7
17%

What colors make Sap Green?

Viridian Green and Burnt Sienna, in roughly a 83:17 ratio.

How to make Sap Green in acrylic

Start with Viridian Green at about 83% as your acrylic base, then work in Burnt Sienna in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #4B6A2A.

Why mix Sap Green instead of buying it

Mixing Sap Green yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Sap Green 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

Overshooting on Viridian Green is the usual failure, add it in 5% steps and compare against the target between each pass.

Get this recipe for your paint brand

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

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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.