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How to mix Cadmium Orange in watercolour

A bright, opaque, warm orange. Sits between cad yellow and cad red. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #EB7B1C in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Cadmium Orange

#EB7B1C

Mixed result

From these pigments

#E77F10

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. Cadmium Yellow

    PY35

    81%

  2. 2. Alizarin Crimson

    PR83

    19%

Get this recipe for your paint brand

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

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