How to Mix Moss Green in Watercolor

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

Target

Moss Green

#7A8450

Mixed result

99% match

From these pigments

#79844F

Pigment recipe

Checked August 2026

Ratios calibrated for watercolor. 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
53%
2. Ultramarine Blue
PB29
38%
3. Raw Umber
PBr7
9%

What colors make Moss Green?

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

How to make Moss Green in watercolor

Start with Titanium White at about 53% as your watercolor 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 color 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 + watercolor 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.