Skip to content
Allin
Sign up · Sign in

Paint Color Mixing Calculator

Estimate the base-paint ratio that best matches a target colour, via non-negative least squares.

Related tools

All Crafts & making tools →
Baby Eye Color PredictorPunnett odds for your baby's eye colour from both parents — and the grandparents, which reveal hidden recessives.Random Color GeneratorRandom colours constrained by a mood (vibrant, pastel, dark, warm, cool, earth, neon) and an optional harmony.Beading Pattern CalculatorTotal beads and finished size for a loom or peyote pattern from rows, columns and bead size.Candle Wax CalculatorTurn a container's volume into the wax weight and fragrance oil you actually need, for soy, paraffin, coconut, beeswax, palm or a blend — in oz, grams and pounds.Crochet Hook Size ConverterConvert crochet hook sizes between metric (mm), US and UK, with a full reference table.Cross-Stitch Floss CalculatorEstimate how many skeins of floss a design needs from stitch count, strands and fabric count.Cross-Stitch Size CalculatorFinished design size from stitch count and fabric count, in inches and cm, with an optional margin.Embroidery Thread Length CalculatorEstimate embroidery thread length from stitch count, average stitch length and a waste allowance.

Paint Color Mixing Calculator works straight from this page — free, instant, nothing to install. Its place is under Crafts & making; Baby Eye Color Predictor and Random Color Generator answer the questions closest to this one.

How to use it

  1. Open the tool — no signup or install needed.
  2. Enter your input or adjust the available options.
  3. Get your result instantly, then copy or download it.

Frequently asked questions

What is Paint Color Mixing Calculator?

Estimate the base-paint ratio that best matches a target colour, via non-negative least squares.

When would I actually use this?

Buying the right amount before starting: how many skeins a jumper needs, how much wax fills the moulds you own, how much resin a bezel takes, how much fabric a quilt binding eats.

What is the most common mistake?

Sizing from the pattern's yarn rather than your own. Two yarns sold as the same weight can differ by a fifth in metres per hundred grams, and a hook or needle size converted between systems is a nominal diameter, not a promise about gauge — knit a swatch.

How is Paint Color Mixing Calculator different from Baby Eye Color Predictor?

They sit next to each other but answer different questions: Baby Eye Color Predictor is the one to open when you need it to punnett odds for your baby's eye colour from both parents — and the grandparents, which reveal hidden recessives. Pick whichever matches what you're starting from — both are free.

Is there a tool for the next step?

Random Color Generator is the closest one after this: Random colours constrained by a mood (vibrant, pastel, dark, warm, cool, earth, neon) and an optional harmony.

What else is worth having open alongside it?

Beading Pattern Calculator and Candle Wax Calculator — they come up in the same task often enough to be worth a second tab.

Where do the figures come from?

Hook and needle equivalences follow the Craft Yarn Council's metric table; the soap calculator uses published saponification values, which vary by oil batch, so the lye figure is a starting point that a superfat margin is meant to absorb.

Further reading

All guides →
How-toEstimating Embroidery Thread From a Stitch CountThirty thousand stitches at 3.5 mm with fifteen per cent waste is 120.7 metres. The stitch count comes from the file; the average length is an assumption, and doubling it doubles the answer.How-toCast On From Your Gauge, Not From the PatternTwo stitches per 10 cm is the difference between a 50 cm scarf and a 55 cm one. The pattern's cast-on number is only correct for the person who wrote it.ComparisonUS 8, UK 6, 5 mm: Three Needle Scales That Never AgreeThe American numbers count up as the needle gets fatter and the British ones count down. They cross exactly once, at 4.5 mm, where both read 7 — and that single coincidence is the trap.ExplainerThe Aida Count Sets the Size, Not the ChartThe same 100 × 120 chart finishes 23 cm wide on 11-count and 11.5 cm wide on 22-count — twice the width, four times the area, from one number on the fabric label.ExplainerYarn in Metres, Yarn in Grams, and the Ball Band Between ThemA pattern asks for length and a shop sells weight. 400 yards of DK is 182 g and two balls; 400 yards of fingering is 100 g and one. The bridge is a single number on the label, and reading it wrong is the reason projects run out.How-toHow Much Paint Do You Need to Paint a Room?Estimate paint by wall area, coats and the coverage on the tin — with a worked example and the 10% rule so you buy once and match the colour.