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How to mix lavender 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.

Lavender
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Oil, any brand
  • 76%Radiant White Gamblin
  • 13%Ultramarine Violet Gamblin
  • 11%Cobalt Violet Gamblin
Very close match
Winsor & Newton oil
  • 91%Zinc White
  • 6%Cobalt Violet
  • 3%Ultramarine
Very close match
Gamblin oil
  • 80%Titanium Zinc White
  • 15%Cobalt Violet
  • 5%Ultramarine Blue
Very close match
Acrylic, any brand
  • 64%Brilliant Purple Liquitex
  • 28%Titanium White Liquitex
  • 8%Light Blue Permanent Liquitex
Very close match
Golden acrylic
  • 87%Zinc White
  • 8%Cobalt Violet
  • 5%Phthalo Blue Green Shade
Very close match
Liquitex acrylic
  • 64%Brilliant Purple
  • 28%Titanium White
  • 8%Light Blue Permanent
Very close match

How to get there

Put out the Radiant White first: it is 76% of the mix.

Add the Ultramarine Violet and Cobalt Violet 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 lavender 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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