How to Mix Terracotta in Acrylic
A muted, earthy red-orange. Fired clay, weathered brick. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #B25538 in acrylic, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Terracotta
#B25538
Mixed result
99% matchFrom these pigments
#B25537
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. Yellow Ochre
PY43
64%2. Alizarin Crimson
PR83
24%3. Viridian Green
PG18
12%
What colors make Terracotta?
Yellow Ochre, Alizarin Crimson, and Viridian Green, in roughly a 64:24:12 ratio.
How to make Terracotta in acrylic
Start with Yellow Ochre at about 64% as your acrylic base, then work in Alizarin Crimson and Viridian Green in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #B25538.
Why mix Terracotta instead of buying it
Mixing Terracotta yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Terracotta 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 Yellow Ochre 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 Terracotta + acrylic pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Deep-dive guide
How to mix Terracotta, the long version
Common mistakes, per-brand recipes, and the honest limits when the target sits outside what real paint can reach.
Read the guideRelated mixing guides
Pigment mixing is subtractive, so small ratio changes matter. The mixer refines this recipe to your brand and updates on the fly.