Trouble getting getting pretty blue-green "ocean" color

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drferry

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I have been using Alumilite dyes and trying to get a nice blue-green "ocean" color, but a combination of their blue and green dyes in clear Alumilite doesn't do it, at least in my hands. Do I need to add some white coloring or what?

Thanks!
 
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Go to:

http://www.colorcube.com/play/play.htm

The Colorcube website has lots of great info for color mixing but this link takes you to a tool in the "fun stuff" zone wherein you can mix colors to see the outcome without wasting your good stuff. You'd be surprised to find magenta and/or yellow in the combo you're trying for.

Give it a try.
 
drferry said:
I have been using Alumilite dyes and trying to get a nice blue-green "ocean" color, but a combination of their blue and green dyes in clear Alumilite doesn't do it, at least in my hands. Do I need to add some white coloring or what?

Thanks!
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Something else you can try is adding some colored pigments such as Pearl Ex.

With a few of my pens I wanted to give the allusion of water with different depths so in one cup used alumilite clear with a few drops of alumilite blue that had just a dash of purple Pearl Ex powder. To that I added some more clear with just Pearl Ex powder of a lighter blue then poured them in the mold at the same time and slightly ran a toothpick through to give a swirling motion.

Have a look at the pens in the links below and if this resembles what you are after, try some Pearl Ex, they have 40 colors to choose from.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39614

http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39622
 
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