How to mix Cadmium Red in watercolour
A dense, opaque, slightly warm red — bright and covering. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #D5301A in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Cadmium Red
#D5301A
Mixed result
From these pigments
#E93218
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. Cadmium Red
PR108
73%2. Cadmium Yellow
PY35
27%
Get this recipe for your paint brand
Open the live mixer with Cadmium Red + 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.