How to Mix Porcelain Skin in Oil

Quick answer

To mix porcelain skin (#F0D5C0) in oil, use 93% Titanium White, 4% Viridian Green and 3% Cadmium Red. Chromilla's model predicts a 94% 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

Porcelain Skin

#F0D5C0

Predicted dry result

94% match when dry

Mix to #E7CEBE. It dries true to color.

Porcelain Skin in oil: tube ratios, and ml for a 100 ml batch
PaintPigmentShare100 ml batch
Titanium WhitePW693%93 ml
Viridian GreenPG184%4 ml
Cadmium RedPR1083%3 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 porcelain skin tone. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #F0D5C0 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. 1. Titanium White

    PW6

    93%
  2. 2. Viridian Green

    PG18

    4%
  3. 3. Cadmium Red

    PR108

    3%

What colors make Porcelain Skin?

Titanium White, Viridian Green, and Cadmium Red, in roughly a 93:4:3 ratio.

How to make Porcelain Skin in oil

Start with Titanium White at about 93% as your oil base, then work in Viridian Green and Cadmium Red in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #F0D5C0.

Why mix Porcelain Skin instead of buying it

Mixing Porcelain Skin yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Porcelain Skin 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 Porcelain Skin

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 Porcelain Skin

#FFF3E9

Not a confident recipe: the closest mix is 97% Titanium White and 3% Burnt Umber, and chromilla's model predicts an 83% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Darker Porcelain Skin

#D6BBA7

81% Titanium White, 13% Viridian Green and 6% Cadmium Red. Chromilla's model predicts a 99% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Warmer Porcelain Skin

#F3D3C4

97% Titanium White and 3% Cadmium Red. Chromilla's model predicts a 93% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Cooler Porcelain Skin

#F3D3C4

97% Titanium White and 3% Cadmium Red. Chromilla's model predicts a 93% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.

Porcelain Skin questions

What two colors make porcelain skin?
Chromilla's oil recipe uses 3 tubes rather than two: 93% Titanium White, 4% Viridian Green and 3% Cadmium Red. Titanium White leads the mix. Chromilla's model predicts a 94% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
How do you make porcelain skin paint lighter without losing the hue?
Lighten in small steps and compare against the target each time. Chromilla's palette struggles with a lighter porcelain skin (#FFF3E9) in oil: Chromilla's model predicts an 83% dry match against the target, scored against its own color model, not a measured paint-out.
What is the hex code for porcelain skin?
Chromilla uses #F0D5C0 as the target for porcelain skin. The oil recipe is predicted to dry to about #E7CEBE.
Can I mix porcelain skin without black?
Yes. Chromilla's oil recipe uses no black: 93% Titanium White, 4% Viridian Green and 3% Cadmium Red.

Porcelain Skin in other mediums

  • Porcelain Skin in Acrylic: 93% Titanium White, 4% Viridian Green and 3% Cadmium Red, predicted 82% dry match by Chromilla's color model.
  • Porcelain Skin in Watercolor: 93% Titanium White, 4% Viridian Green and 3% Cadmium Red, predicted 84% dry match by Chromilla's color model.

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