How to Mix Forest Green in Watercolor
A deep, natural forest green without going flat. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #2E4D34 in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Forest Green
#2E4D34
Mixed result
98% matchFrom these pigments
#2D4B32
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. Yellow Ochre
PY43
65%2. Phthalo Blue
PB15
30%3. Ivory Black
PBk9
5%
What colours make Forest Green?
Yellow Ochre, Phthalo Blue, and Ivory Black, in roughly a 65:30:5 ratio.
How to make Forest Green in watercolour
Start with Yellow Ochre at about 65% as your watercolour base, then work in Phthalo Blue and Ivory Black in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #2E4D34.
Why mix Forest Green instead of buying it
Mixing Forest Green yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Forest Green across paint brands whose factory tubes differ, and rebuild the exact colour when you run out mid painting. The recipe above is the working starting point.
Common mistakes
Reaching for more black to deepen it kills the chroma, add the dark modifier already in the recipe instead. That pigment is a very strong tinter, add it a touch at a time or it will swallow the mix.
Get this recipe for your paint brand
Open the live mixer with Forest Green + watercolour pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Deep-dive guide
How to mix Forest Green, the long version
Common mistakes, per-brand recipes, and the honest limits when the target sits outside what real paint can reach.
Read the guideRelated mixing guides
Pigment mixing is subtractive, so small ratio changes matter. The mixer refines this recipe to your brand and updates on the fly.