How to Mix Turquoise in Watercolor
A bright blue-green turquoise. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #40C4C4 in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.
Target
Turquoise
#40C4C4
Mixed result
88% matchFrom these pigments
#6FBCBC
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
87%2. Phthalo Blue
PB15
10%3. Yellow Ochre
PY43
3%
What colours make Turquoise?
Titanium White, Phthalo Blue, and Yellow Ochre, in roughly a 87:10:3 ratio.
How to make Turquoise in watercolour
Start with Titanium White at about 87% as your watercolour base, then work in Phthalo Blue and Yellow Ochre in the order above. Adjust in 5% steps until the swatch reads #40C4C4.
Why mix Turquoise instead of buying it
Mixing Turquoise yourself lets you approximate an expensive or hard to find tube from pigments you already own, match Turquoise 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
That pigment is a very strong tinter, add it a touch at a time or it will swallow the mix. 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 Turquoise + watercolour pre-loaded and calibrate to your tubes.
Deep-dive guide
How to mix Turquoise, 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.