How to Mix Magenta in Oil
A vivid, cool violet-red. The strongest way to reach clean purples. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #C22A6A in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Magenta
#C22A6A
Mixed result
87% matchFrom these pigments
#B34564
Pigment recipe
Checked August 2026
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. Alizarin Crimson
PR83
48%2. Titanium White
PW6
37%3. Viridian Green
PG18
15%
What colors make Magenta?
Alizarin Crimson, Titanium White, and Viridian Green, in roughly a 48:37:15 ratio.
How to make Magenta in oil
Start with Alizarin Crimson at about 48% as your oil base, then work in Titanium White and Viridian Green in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #C22A6A.
Why mix Magenta instead of buying it
Mixing Magenta yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Magenta 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
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 Magenta + oil pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Deep-dive guide
How to mix Magenta, 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.