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How to mix Burnt Sienna in watercolour

A rich earthy red-brown. The workhorse warm earth for skin, wood, and shadow. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #8A3B21 in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Burnt Sienna

#8A3B21

Mixed result

From these pigments

#973E1E

Pigment recipe

Ratios calibrated for watercolour. Start with the dominant pigment, add the modifiers in the order below, and adjust in 5% steps to your target swatch.

  1. 1. Burnt Sienna

    PBr7

    66%

  2. 2. Yellow Ochre

    PY43

    14%

  3. 3. Alizarin Crimson

    PR83

    12%

  4. 4. Viridian Green

    PG18

    8%

Get this recipe for your paint brand

Open the live mixer with Burnt Sienna + watercolour pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.

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