How to Mix Hunter Green in Watercolor

A dark, slightly blue hunter green. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #35524A in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Hunter Green

#35524A

Mixed result

98% match

From these pigments

#375149

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. Viridian Green
PG18
72%
2. Ultramarine Blue
PB29
22%
3. Burnt Sienna
PBr7
6%

What colours make Hunter Green?

Viridian Green, Ultramarine Blue, and Burnt Sienna, in roughly a 72:22:6 ratio.

How to make Hunter Green in watercolour

Start with Viridian Green at about 72% as your watercolour base, then work in Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #35524A.

Why mix Hunter Green instead of buying it

Mixing Hunter Green yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Hunter 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

Overshooting on Viridian Green is the usual failure, add it in 5% steps and compare against the target between each pass.

Get this recipe for your paint brand

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

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Related mixing guides

Pigment mixing is subtractive, so small ratio changes matter. The mixer refines this recipe to your brand and updates on the fly.