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How to mix beige paint

The recipes below come from Paintwell's pigment model, worked out from the real tube paints named, in oil and in acrylic. Percentages are by volume of paint on the palette.

Beige
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Oil, any brand
  • 71%Cremnitz White Old Holland
  • 29%Blue Ridge Ochre Williamsburg
Very close match
Winsor & Newton oil
  • 67%Titanium White
  • 29%Transparent Brown Oxide
  • 4%Indian Yellow
Very close match
Gamblin oil
  • 88%Flake White Replacement
  • 12%Brown Pink
Very close match
Acrylic, any brand
  • 62%Naples Yellow Hue Golden
  • 31%Unbleached Titanium Nova Color
  • 7%Transparent Red Iron Oxide Golden
Very close match
Golden acrylic
  • 66%Naples Yellow Hue
  • 27%Titan Buff
  • 7%Transparent Red Iron Oxide
Very close match
Liquitex acrylic
  • 45%Naples Yellow Hue
  • 43%Unbleached Titanium
  • 12%Transparent Burnt Sienna
Very close match

How to get there

Put out the Cremnitz White first: it is 71% of the mix.

Add the Blue Ridge Ochre a little at a time, mixing fully between additions. The smaller shares are usually the stronger paints, and it is far easier to add more than to take it back.

Because beige is a light color, work the darker paints into the lighter one, never the other way around, or you will end up mixing a pile far bigger than you need.

Every brand's version of a pigment is a little different, which is why the recipes change from brand to brand. If you own other tubes, Paintwell works the recipe out from those instead.

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