How to Mix Moss Green in Watercolor

A soft yellow-green moss. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #7A8450 in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Moss Green

#7A8450

Mixed result

99% match

From these pigments

#79844F

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. Titanium White

    PW6

    53%
  2. 2. Ultramarine Blue

    PB29

    38%
  3. 3. Raw Umber

    PBr7

    9%

What colours make Moss Green?

Titanium White, Ultramarine Blue, and Raw Umber, in roughly a 53:38:9 ratio.

How to make Moss Green in watercolour

Start with Titanium White at about 53% as your watercolour base, then work in Ultramarine Blue and Raw Umber in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #7A8450.

Why mix Moss Green instead of buying it

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

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 Moss Green + watercolour pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.

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