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How to mix Dioxazine Purple in watercolour

A very deep, transparent violet. Devastating in tiny amounts. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #3A1A4C in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Dioxazine Purple

#3A1A4C

Mixed result

From these pigments

#32243F

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. Ultramarine Blue

    PB29

    38%

  2. 2. Viridian Green

    PG18

    37%

  3. 3. Alizarin Crimson

    PR83

    25%

Get this recipe for your paint brand

Open the live mixer with Dioxazine Purple + 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.