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How to mix Deep Skin Tone in watercolour

A rich, warm dark flesh tone. Built from earth reds and umbers. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #6B3F2A in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Deep Skin Tone

#6B3F2A

Mixed result

From these pigments

#6E542D

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. Yellow Ochre

    PY43

    47%

  2. 2. Burnt Umber

    PBr7

    19%

  3. 3. Viridian Green

    PG18

    19%

  4. 4. Ultramarine Blue

    PB29

    15%

Get this recipe for your paint brand

Open the live mixer with Deep Skin Tone + watercolour pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.

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