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How to mix Magenta in watercolour

A vivid, cool violet-red. The strongest way to reach clean purples. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #C22A6A in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Magenta

#C22A6A

Mixed result

From these pigments

#AF2F31

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. Alizarin Crimson

    PR83

    64%

  2. 2. Yellow Ochre

    PY43

    36%

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

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