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How to mix Sap Green in watercolour

A warm, transparent foliage green. Yellow-leaning, softer than viridian. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #4B6A2A in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Sap Green

#4B6A2A

Mixed result

From these pigments

#567333

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. Viridian Green

    PG18

    79%

  2. 2. Burnt Sienna

    PBr7

    16%

  3. 3. Yellow Ochre

    PY43

    5%

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