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How to mix Cadmium Red in oil

A dense, opaque, slightly warm red — bright and covering. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #D5301A in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Cadmium Red

#D5301A

Mixed result

From these pigments

#D22C1E

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. 1. Cadmium Red

    PR108

    47%

  2. 2. Burnt Sienna

    PBr7

    33%

  3. 3. Alizarin Crimson

    PR83

    11%

  4. 4. Yellow Ochre

    PY43

    9%

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