How to Mix Apricot in Oil

A soft orange apricot. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #F0B080 in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Apricot

#F0B080

Mixed result

96% match

From these pigments

#EBB285

Pigment recipe

Ratios calibrated for oil. 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
80%
2. Yellow Ochre
PY43
16%
3. Alizarin Crimson
PR83
4%

What colours make Apricot?

Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, and Alizarin Crimson, in roughly a 80:16:4 ratio.

How to make Apricot in oil

Start with Titanium White at about 80% as your oil base, then work in Yellow Ochre and Alizarin Crimson in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #F0B080.

Why mix Apricot instead of buying it

Mixing Apricot yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Apricot 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 Apricot + oil 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.