How to Mix Maroon in Watercolor
A dark brownish-red maroon. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #6E1F2A in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Maroon
#6E1F2A
Mixed result
99% matchFrom these pigments
#6F1E2A
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. Alizarin Crimson
PR83
80%2. Yellow Ochre
PY43
12%3. Ultramarine Blue
PB29
8%
What colours make Maroon?
Alizarin Crimson, Yellow Ochre, and Ultramarine Blue, in roughly a 80:12:8 ratio.
How to make Maroon in watercolour
Start with Alizarin Crimson at about 80% as your watercolour base, then work in Yellow Ochre and Ultramarine Blue in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #6E1F2A.
Why mix Maroon instead of buying it
Mixing Maroon yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Maroon 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 Alizarin Crimson 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 Maroon + watercolour pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Deep-dive guide
How to mix Maroon, 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.