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16 mars 2009

Gail's faux mika shift color mixing v.1

Gail is giving us permission to publish her chatoyant recipies.


I hope all is well with you.  As promised, I am sending the techniques and color formulas for the polymer clay faux chatoyant stones that I showed at the demo.  I will send the information in 3 parts.  Here is the first part:

Color Tips for All Mica Shift Techniques:

I had a really frustrating time trying to create colored pearl clays that gave good results for chatoyant effects.  I hope that these tips that I learned along the way will help others to avoid that frustration!

1. Only Premo and Kato pearl and metallic clays work for mica shift.  Kato has pearl, silver, gold, and copper.  Premo has pearl, silver, gold, copper, blue pearl, red pearl, and green pearl.  Kato pearl & metallic clays should be mixed with an equal amount of translucent to get the best results.
 
2.  I prefer to use Premo to make colored pearl clays for mica shift.  I use the red pearl, blue pearl, and green pearl whenever I can, since they already contain pearl clay.  For other colors it may be necessary to add regular colored clay to Premo pearl.  In this case, use translucent colors with very little white or black in them, or you will not get a good mica shift effect.  Also, your final color mix should be at least 50% pearl or metallic clays. 

3. In my experience, Kato pearl doesn't work well for mica shift when colored clays are added to it.  However, from what I have read, it works fine if mixed with transparent inks or Kato color concentrates.  Also, Kato pearl will produce brighter colors than Premo pearl.  If you want a really bright color, try transparent inks with Kato pearl.
Kato silver, gold, and copper work fine for mica shift techniques.

4. To make a color less bright, add a small amount of its complementary color (the color opposite it on the color wheel).  The opposite of red is green, the opposite of purple is yellow, and the opposite of blue is orange.  You can also try adding silver to your color.
Don't add black!

5. Mica shift techniques don't work well with colors that are really light or really dark.

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