How to mix Burnt Umber in watercolour
A deep, cool-warm brown. Fast-drying in oil and endlessly mixable. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #5A3320 in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Burnt Umber
#5A3320
Mixed result
From these pigments
#504128
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. Ultramarine Blue
PB29
33%2. Burnt Umber
PBr7
25%3. Viridian Green
PG18
25%4. Yellow Ochre
PY43
17%
Get this recipe for your paint brand
Open the live mixer with Burnt Umber + watercolour pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
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Pigment mixing is subtractive — small ratio changes matter. The mixer refines this recipe to your brand and updates on the fly.