How to Mix Plum in Oil
A deep red-purple plum. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #6A3550 in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Plum
#6A3550
Mixed result
98% matchFrom these pigments
#6B3552
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. Alizarin Crimson
PR83
53%2. Ultramarine Blue
PB29
25%3. Titanium White
PW6
22%
What colours make Plum?
Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, and Titanium White, in roughly a 53:25:22 ratio.
How to make Plum in oil
Start with Alizarin Crimson at about 53% as your oil base, then work in Ultramarine Blue and Titanium White in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #6A3550.
Why mix Plum instead of buying it
Mixing Plum yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Plum 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 Plum + oil pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Deep-dive guide
How to mix Plum, the long version
Common mistakes, per-brand recipes, and the honest limits when the target sits outside what real paint can reach.
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Pigment mixing is subtractive, so small ratio changes matter. The mixer refines this recipe to your brand and updates on the fly.