How to Mix Rose Madder in Watercolor

A soft, transparent cool pink. Beautiful in glazes and skin tones. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #B8455A in watercolor, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Rose Madder

#B8455A

Mixed result

94% match

From these pigments

#C23A57

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. Alizarin Crimson
PR83
66%
2. Titanium White
PW6
34%

What colors make Rose Madder?

Alizarin Crimson and Titanium White, in roughly a 66:34 ratio.

How to make Rose Madder in watercolor

Start with Alizarin Crimson at about 66% as your watercolor base, then work in Titanium White in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #B8455A.

Why mix Rose Madder instead of buying it

Mixing Rose Madder yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Rose Madder 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 Rose Madder + 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.