Paint colour mixer
Paste any HEX code from your paint-by-numbers palette and see how to mix it from five basic acrylics: white, black, red, yellow and blue.
Reading the recipe
Start with the largest component, then add the next one gradually and compare against your palette page in daylight. Acrylics dry slightly darker, so stop just before the match looks perfect.
Mixing cheat sheet
| You want | Mix |
|---|---|
| Orange | Red + yellow |
| Green | Blue + yellow |
| Purple | Red + blue |
| Brown | Orange + a touch of blue (or all three primaries) |
| Skin tones | White + a little red and yellow, then a speck of blue to cool it |
| Warm grey | White + black + a touch of red |
| Sky blue | White + blue, a whisper of red to soften |