What two colors make mint green?

Chromilla's oil recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts a 99% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

What is the hex code for mint green?

Chromilla uses #A8D5BA as the target for mint green. The oil recipe is predicted to dry to about #A8D6BC.

Can I mix mint green without black?

Yes. Chromilla's oil recipe uses no black: 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre.

How to Mix Mint Green in Oil

Quick answer

To mix mint green (#A8D5BA) in oil, use 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts a 99% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out. Chromilla is a web-based paint color mixer that turns any color, from a photo, the camera or a hex code, into exact paint-tube ratios for acrylic, oil and watercolor, using Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing and aiming at the color after it dries.

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Target

Mint Green

#A8D5BA

Predicted dry result

99% match when dry

Mix to #A8D6BC. It dries true to color.

Mint Green in oil: tube ratios, and ml for a 100 ml batch
Paint	Pigment	Share	100 ml batch
Titanium White	PW6	50%	50 ml
Viridian Green	PG18	46%	46 ml
Yellow Ochre	PY43	4%	4 ml

How we calculated this: Kubelka-Munk pigment mixing, then a per-medium dry shift, scored with CIEDE2000. Method and accuracy benchmark. Last checked August 2026.

Terms used here: Tinting strength, Dry shift, Kubelka-Munk, Delta E (dE2000), Pigment code, Gamut.

A pale, cool mint green. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #A8D5BA in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

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. Titanium White
PW6
50%
2. Viridian Green
PG18
46%
3. Yellow Ochre
PY43
4%

What colors make Mint Green?

Titanium White, Viridian Green, and Yellow Ochre, in roughly a 50:46:4 ratio.

How to make Mint Green in oil

Start with Titanium White at about 50% as your oil base, then work in Viridian Green and Yellow Ochre in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #A8D5BA.

Why mix Mint Green instead of buying it

Mixing Mint Green yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Mint Green 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.

Variations on Mint Green

Each variation is its own target (lighter and darker move OKLCH lightness by 0.08; warmer and cooler turn the hue 12 degrees toward red or blue), solved fresh.

Lighter Mint Green

#C2EFD4

69% Titanium White, 27% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts a 91% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Darker Mint Green

#8FBBA1

87% Titanium White, 9% Burnt Umber and 4% Phthalo Blue. Chromilla's model predicts a 96% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Warmer Mint Green

#B0D4B2

7 parts Titanium White, 5 parts Viridian Green and 1 part Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts a 97% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Cooler Mint Green

#A2D6C3

53% Viridian Green and 47% Titanium White. Chromilla's model predicts a 95% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Mint Green questions

What two colors make mint green?: Chromilla's oil recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts a 99% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
How do you make mint green paint lighter without losing the hue?: Re-balance the mix instead of only adding white. For a lighter mint green (#C2EFD4) in oil, Chromilla mixes 69% Titanium White, 27% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre. Chromilla's model predicts a 91% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
What is the hex code for mint green?: Chromilla uses #A8D5BA as the target for mint green. The oil recipe is predicted to dry to about #A8D6BC.
Can I mix mint green without black?: Yes. Chromilla's oil recipe uses no black: 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre.

Mint Green in other mediums

Mint Green in Acrylic: 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre, predicted 88% dry match by Chromilla's color model.
Mint Green in Watercolor: 50% Titanium White, 46% Viridian Green and 4% Yellow Ochre, predicted 90% dry match by Chromilla's color model.

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