How to Mix Terre Verte in Oil

A soft, historic earth green. Muted, low-chroma, made for underpainting. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #6E7B58 in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Terre Verte

#6E7B58

Mixed result

98% match

From these pigments

#707B59

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
38%
2. Ultramarine Blue
PB29
36%
3. Burnt Sienna
PBr7
26%

What colors make Terre Verte?

Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue, and Burnt Sienna, in roughly a 38:36:26 ratio.

How to make Terre Verte in oil

Start with Titanium White at about 38% as your oil base, then work in Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #6E7B58.

Why mix Terre Verte instead of buying it

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

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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.