Paint Color Mixing Guide

Enter a target color and see how to mix it from primary acrylic or watercolor paints, with approximate ratios.

Mixes colors in subtractive (pigment) model — similar to mixing physical paints. Each color can have a weight (proportion) to reflect how much of it is used.

About Color Mixing

Digital color mixing is additive (RGB light); physical paint mixing is subtractive (pigments absorb light). This tool simulates subtractive mixing by working in a pigment-approximated space. For accurate paint mixing, RYB (Red-Yellow-Blue) primaries apply: red + yellow = orange, blue + yellow = green, red + blue = purple. Digital results are approximations — real paint mixing depends on the specific pigments used.