GoldBrush Academy
The Pigment Mixer

What do these two paints make?

Choose two real watercolour paints, from the common colours or the Daniel Smith, Winsor & Newton, Mission Gold, Da Vinci and Holbein ranges, and a ratio. See the mix, how it softens with water, and how it looks glazed instead of mixed.

Try a classic mix
The mix

With more water

The same mix, from a rich wash to a pale tint.

Shifting the balance

From mostly the first paint to mostly the second. Tap one to use it.

Glazed instead of mixed

Mixing is a mosh pit: the pigments jostle together in one layer. Glazing is a sandwich: one thin layer over the other once it is dry, each filtering the light in turn. The physics, explained →

What to expect on paper

    Other ways to mix this →

    A screen simulation using Kubelka–Munk paint mixing (spectral.js). Real results change with the brand, the paper and how much water you use, so always swatch before you commit.

    Colour mixing is something we practise slowly and deliberately at GoldBrush Academy.

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