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How to mix Peach in oil paint
Peach is a soft pale orange-pink. Below are the oil paint mixing recipes PaintMixLab calculates for it from three common paint sets, in parts you can measure on the palette.
Target colour #F5C3A0
Predicted mix #F1C0A1
Target #F5C3A0 against the predicted mix from the Winton recipe (excellent match, ΔE 1.5).
Peach mixing recipes by paint set
| Paint set | Recipe (parts) | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Winsor & Newton Winton | 65 Soft Mixing White + 1 Cadmium Scarlet Hue 65 Soft Mixing White1 Cadmium Scarlet Hue |
Excellent match (ΔE 1.5) |
| Gamblin 1980 | 21 Transparent White + 1 Transparent Red Oxide 21 Transparent White1 Transparent Red Oxide |
Close (ΔE 4.5) |
| Magicfly 40 | 1 Light Apricot + 1 Titanium White 1 Light Apricot1 Titanium White |
Very close (ΔE 2.4) |
Parts are by volume. Recipes follow the app’s standard engine, which adds white to bring the mix up to the predicted value on the palette. Match quality (ΔE 2000) compares the predicted mix with the target: under 1.5 is excellent, under 3.5 very close, under 6 close.
Dark Mode recipes (original engine, no extra white)
- Winsor & Newton Winton: 32 Soft Mixing White + 1 Cadmium Scarlet Hue
- Gamblin 1980: 10 Transparent White + 1 Transparent Red Oxide
- Magicfly 40: 1 Light Apricot
What two colours make Peach?
With only two tubes from the Winton range, the closest PaintMixLab finds is 65 Soft Mixing White + 1 Cadmium Scarlet Hue (excellent match, ΔE 1.5). Two-tube mixes are simpler to repeat but usually a little further from the target than three.
How to mix Peach by hand
- Put out Cadmium Scarlet Hue as the base — it carries the hue.
- Lighten with white until the value matches your reference. Check it next to the target in daylight — a mix always looks lighter on the knife than on the canvas.
- Mix more than you think you need, and save the swatch in PaintMixLab so you can repeat it tomorrow.
Oranges and earth tones are usually a warm yellow and a red, greyed down with a little of the complement blue. Burnt Sienna and Yellow Ochre get you most of the way on their own.
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Peach questions
What colours make peach?
In the Winton range: 65 Soft Mixing White + 1 Cadmium Scarlet Hue. Other sets use different tubes because tinting strength varies by brand — see the table above for Gamblin 1980 and Magicfly.
Can I mix peach without black?
Yes. None of the recipes above rely on black alone; where a dark is needed the engine prefers a deep colour or an earth so the mix stays lively. PaintMixLab has an “avoid black” option if your set includes black and you would rather not use it.
Why does my peach look different from the swatch?
Pigment batches, how much medium you use, the lighting and your screen all shift the result. Treat the ratio as a measured starting point: match the value first with white, then nudge the hue with the smallest tube in the recipe.
Does this recipe work for acrylic peach?
Roughly. Acrylic ranges share many pigment names, but acrylics dry darker and the tinting strengths differ, so expect to add a little extra white and re-check once dry.
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