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How to mix Olive Skin Tone in watercolour

A muted mid flesh tone with a green-yellow undertone. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #B98A66 in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Olive Skin Tone

#B98A66

Mixed result

From these pigments

#CF8638

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. Yellow Ochre

    PY43

    95%

  2. 2. Alizarin Crimson

    PR83

    5%

Get this recipe for your paint brand

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

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