How to mix Warm Grey in watercolour

A grey with a soft brown-orange lean. Feels like weathered stone. This guide gives you the pigment ratios that land on #8F8578 in watercolour, using the same solver that powers the Chromilla mixer.

Target

Warm Grey

#8F8578

Mixed result

From these pigments

#9E8A33

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

    51%
  2. 2. Viridian Green

    PG18

    29%
  3. 3. Burnt Sienna

    PBr7

    20%

Get this recipe for your paint brand

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

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Pigment mixing is subtractive — small ratio changes matter. The mixer refines this recipe to your brand and updates on the fly.