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How to mix Rose Madder in watercolour

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

Target

Rose Madder

#B8455A

Mixed result

From these pigments

#B63733

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. Alizarin Crimson

    PR83

    54%

  2. 2. Yellow Ochre

    PY43

    46%

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Open the live mixer with Rose Madder + watercolour pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.

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