How to Mix Lavender in Watercolor
A soft, pale purple lavender. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #B9A7D6 in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Lavender
#B9A7D6
Mixed result
91% matchFrom these pigments
#B0A6CB
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. Titanium White
PW6
84%2. Ultramarine Blue
PB29
12%3. Alizarin Crimson
PR83
4%
What colours make Lavender?
Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue, and Alizarin Crimson, in roughly a 84:12:4 ratio.
How to make Lavender in watercolour
Start with Titanium White at about 84% as your watercolour base, then work in Ultramarine Blue and Alizarin Crimson in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #B9A7D6.
Why mix Lavender instead of buying it
Mixing Lavender yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Lavender 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
White cools and chalks a mix as you add it, so tint in small steps and stop before it goes pastel.
Get this recipe for your paint brand
Open the live mixer with Lavender + watercolour pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Deep-dive guide
How to mix Lavender, 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.