How to Mix Ivory in Oil

A soft, warm ivory white. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #F5F0E1 in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Honest note: with every pigment held at 3% or above so you can actually measure it, the closest mixable answer is roughly a 81% match on oil. Open the mixer to try a wider palette.

Target

Ivory

#F5F0E1

Mixed result

81% match

From these pigments

#EAF5F1

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
97%
2. Viridian Green
PG18
3%

What colours make Ivory?

Titanium White and Viridian Green, in roughly a 97:3 ratio.

How to make Ivory in oil

Start with Titanium White at about 97% as your oil base, then work in Viridian Green in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #F5F0E1.

Why mix Ivory instead of buying it

Mixing Ivory yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Ivory 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 Ivory + oil pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.

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Deep-dive guide

How to mix Ivory, the long version

Common mistakes, per-brand recipes, and the honest limits when the target sits outside what real paint can reach.

Read the guide

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.