How to Mix Warm Grey in Oil
A grey with a soft brown-orange lean. Feels like weathered stone. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #8F8578 in oil, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Warm Grey
#8F8578
Mixed result
97% matchFrom these pigments
#938879
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
89%2. Cadmium Red
PR108
4%3. Phthalo Blue
PB15
4%4. Alizarin Crimson
PR83
3%
What colors make Warm Grey?
Titanium White, Cadmium Red, Phthalo Blue, and Alizarin Crimson, in roughly a 89:4:4:3 ratio.
How to make Warm Grey in oil
Start with Titanium White at about 89% as your oil base, then work in Cadmium Red, Phthalo Blue, and Alizarin Crimson in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #8F8578.
Why mix Warm Grey instead of buying it
Mixing Warm Grey yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Warm Grey 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
That pigment is a very strong tinter, add it a touch at a time or it will swallow the mix. 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 Warm Grey + oil pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Deep-dive guide
How to mix Warm Grey, 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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