How to Mix Mustard in Watercolor
A muted yellow-gold mustard. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #C29A2E in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Mustard
#C29A2E
Mixed result
98% matchFrom these pigments
#C69B2D
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
75%2. Cadmium Yellow
PY35
16%3. Burnt Umber
PBr7
9%
What colours make Mustard?
Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow, and Burnt Umber, in roughly a 75:16:9 ratio.
How to make Mustard in watercolour
Start with Titanium White at about 75% as your watercolour base, then work in Cadmium Yellow and Burnt Umber in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #C29A2E.
Why mix Mustard instead of buying it
Mixing Mustard yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Mustard 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 Mustard + watercolour pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Deep-dive guide
How to mix Mustard Yellow, 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.