Polymer Clay Color Mixing Trick - Color Plus 1 Method
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Video #413: Making it quick, simple and easy for you to come up with your own custom color palette blends... More Info: www.beadsandbea... Polymer Clay Tutor.
Topics Covered In This Video:
* This color mixing trick is something that I call the 'Color Plus 1 Method'. I use it all the time... and you can too.
* Color mixing polymer clay can be intimidating for a lot of people, but this trick will make it a lot easier to come up with your own custom color palette.
* I show some colors from the Premo color line, that don't go together very nicely straight from the pack.. Fuchsia, Orange, Cadmium Yellow, Green and Raw Sienna.
* If I take those same colors and 'Plus 1' them with some Gold or Black or any other color, I can make a really neat color palette that pulls everything to together in an aesthetically pleasing way.
* I demonstrate mixing 1 part of the base color Fuchsia and 1/2 part Gold clay to make a beautiful iridescent Raspberry color. I then continue down the line, mixing 1 part color and 1/2 part Gold to each of the colors. Watch the video to see how simple this technique is to do.
* Mixing my plus one color (in this case it was a 1/2 part Gold), to each of the base colors I want to use, creates a new color palette that flows together, because each of them have the underlying Gold color in common.
* I show the same formula being done with the same base colors (Fuchsia, Orange, Cad. Yellow, Green, Raw Sienna) mixed with a Plus 1 color of 1/8 part Black. Because Black is such a strong color, I chose to much less in the mix, than I did the Gold.
* You can use this 'Plus 1' color mixing trick for making palettes with any colors that you choose. You will have to experiment with amounts of the Plus 1 color you would like to add, because each color has a different strength.
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Just a beginner here, and always struggle with colors and mixing. This was SO helpful! Thank you! In one of the recent comments said you moved from this platform to FB. If so, what is your fb page so I can come follow?
Oh, I am so glad to hear the video helped you, Lisa! I haven't moved from this platform... we have just temporarily stopped making new videos while we are upgrading our website and business model. unfortunately, it has taken us far too long to get back here. Though it shouldn't be too long now before we start filming for RUclips again. In the meantime, we have been doing a weekly LIVE Q&A Broadcast on Facebook. It is on Wednesday's at 12:00 NOON Pacific Time on our Faceboobk Page facebook.com/polymerclay Hope to see you there!
Hi Sreedevi Sanjish, I do have an online POlymer Clay Bead Making Course for Beginners. Here is the link if you are interested: www.beadsandbeading.com/crse/01-more.html
And you can EAT the bread?!
great thanks
lol Bunny. you don't spell bead with an r?
no I hate your channel😑
PolymerClayTutor I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;)
I loved this video. It was an "Aha" moment. I am brand-new to polymer clay and haven't even started my first project yet. I'm so glad I found your channel! I also subscribed 😊
Thank you Sandy!! I am so happy to hear that this concept was a good one for you. Thanks for commenting!
Do you have anything on your channel that discusses the use of transparent/translucent clay and mixing it with colors? If not, that would be helpful to learn. Thank you.
Hi bubbles26, I use Premo Polymer Clay and they actually have a color called Raw Sienna that I would use if I wanted to mix my own Ecru color. But they also have a color named Ecru, so I would just use that. Raw Sienna is a medium brown color with a yellow under tone. Kind of a dark Caramel color. If you are using another brand of clay you will have to experiment until you get the color you desire. Good luck!
Hi bubbles26, yes I do know how to mix ecru clay. Premo polymer clay already carries a nice Ecru but if you want to mix it yourself, it starts with a base of white and you add tiny amounts of raw sienna until you get the color you want. Are you getting my free color recipes? Go to my blog (link in description) and sign up to my Newsletter and you'll get free color recipes every week. Thanks for commenting!
Hi Suguna Srinivas, you know I haven't tried using pigment paste to color white polymer clay yet (so many things to try and only so much time). I would be interested to hear about your results, if you try it. Let us know how it goes!
Hi PolymerclayPauly, you can mix brands but you have to do some testing. Go to my blog (link in description) and do a search on mixing brands of polymer clay. You should find more info there. Thanks for commenting!
I'd LOVE to see more of you mixing these colors together- you're a genius to be able to create such beautiful colors out of bold...ugly colors straight from the packets! Subscribed and liked! You're awesome!
Oh- and I'm not intimidated by color-mixing, I just love to watch other people do them :)
~have a great day
MahoGats TFM Thank you so much for saying that. I do plan on adding more color mixing videos in the future.
Yes Jordana you can use any color as your plus 1 including silver.
I would love to see more colour mixing tips because I'm definitely intimidated by my polymer clay. It just sits there but looks very sternly at me. :-D
This is exactly what I needed to see, thank you SO much! I can't wait to try this. I would also love to see more videos on colour mixing. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
i can't stop smiling, this is awesome!!! more color mixing tricks please :) :)
this makes a lot of sense. it's sort of like the effect you get drawing or painting on a toned substrate rather than a white one.
That is awesome news Suguna Srinivas! Thank you so much for coming back and sharing your testing results!
Yes I would love to see more color mix's. But I love all ur videos !!!
I just watched ur video, 10 yrs after u posted it, it is still a great video. I love how easily u fix a common issue I know I have had more than once lol. Thank u for ur help
Yes I would love to see more color mixing videos!
Oh my goodness, yes! My husband has a hard time with color and more of these types of videos would really help him out. I make Kumihimo ropes (beaded or with specialty yarns) and he makes the Cabachons to compliment the colors I use. Sometimes we just can't get it to work the way we want it. This technique is just fantastic! What a great video! Please do make more videos showing other color combinations that turn out as fantastic as these. We appreciate your tutorials so very very much!
Yup!
Im amazed by such a simple technique can change everything! Very helpful video Cindy!
Hi bubbles26, I use Premo Polymer Clay and they actually have a color called Raw Sienna that I would use if I wanted to mix my own Ecru color. But they also have a color named Ecru, so I would just use that. Raw Sienna is a medium brown color with a yellow under tone. Kind of a dark Caramel color. If you are using another brand of clay you will have to experiment until you get the color you desire. Good luck!
Hi alecitalindis, I haven't really used paint to color raw polymer clay, but I have heard others do it. In theory, oil based paints would work better for tinting raw clay than acrylics because it would mix better with the oils in the polymer. But I would need to do further testing to be sure of that. Why don't you try a few different things on some tiny bits of clay yourself? You may just have your answer quicker that way! Good luck!
That was the most helpful polymer clay advice!!! Thank you.
Thank you so much! That means a lot for you to say that!
Amazing! I'm a newbie as of 2 days ago. This is so helpful!
What kind words, Thank you! Hope you enjoy your polymer clay journey! ❤
Thanks for saving the fushia for me...it looks beautiful with the gold added!
Lyn
my suggestion is to not call your mini tutorials "mini toots" it just makes people laugh like me, when i showed it to my whole family...😂💩
NEBS Hasley I am referring to tutes not toots... but if you and your family think it is funny, I am happy to be of comic relief. :)
I agree, you may say tutes.... we hear toots. It's distracting. I'd skip the abbreviation. Nice info, Thanks for sharing.
Aww I loved ‘mini tutes’ lol
“mini tutes” is so cute please don’t change the vocab for anyone there are bigger problems in this world lol
Are you serious - you guys - seriously - you are complaining about her saying toots?? Instead of Tute? Come on - get over yourselves. if you cannot work out what she means, you need to evaluate that. LOL Keep being you Cindy! And thank you so much for sharing so much wisdom with us.
Thanks for the tutorial/video suggestion! I will do my best to add it to the list. In the meantime, check out my channel and my blog (link in description) see if there is anything there that will help you. Thanks!
You make everything possible and easy. Thank you
Sure cc em, making your +1 an ink color should work just fine. try it and let us know how it goes!
im new to polymere clay as a topic i would like to learn more, i thought this was very good, and you have demonstrated a great method for mixing the colours, and your explaination was also really clear and concise, i would like to explore more about the colour mixing pallets, and it would be so great if you would show us from that, some wonderfully wilder colourful jewellry beads you have made, possibley not just round beads as those are not as interesting as say a triangle shaped bead decorated with colour and handmade pattern painted. please. i subscribed and liked this video.
this is very simple but quite interesting :) And it definitely works :)
Thanks mymandarinducky (Aniko)! I appreciate your kind words!
New Sub! Learning So Much + Other Things But Still Learning & Thanks For The Tips!!
Very interesting !!! Some people just don't perceive colors correctly to understand the difference until you mix them... Some people do.... Nice Job!!
Hi! Would it be ok to mix different polymerclay brands with different individual temperature baking times? Like mixing fimo (bakes at 230F) and Craftsmart (bakes at 275F)
Great tip! Thanks so much!!
I am a beginer and would like to see more colour mixing
Will do more color mixing in the future.Thanks for the suggestion!
Hi Cindy..I did try adding pigment powder(the ones used for acrylics) to the white polymer clay and it comes out very well after mixing and passing through pasta machine..so conditioning and mixing happens simultaneously.. To get a metallic shade i added some gold mica powder..results were good :)
Can you make a video with whites and translucents? I want to make earrings for a blonde friend that requested them. I see pretty white earrings in books but don't know how to mix the whites/translucents to get a glassy swirly look with just whites.
PCT please help me, I live in a very small town and I can only buy very few colors of clay. I guess I could buy them online, but the shipping prices are ridiculous. So I was wondering, if I want to make my own colors, can I add acrylic paint or something?
Hi Isabelle Horan, I can add a video on split rings to the list of future videos if everyone would like me to. Thanks for the suggestion!
Very helpful thanks.... This will be added to the knowledge you have passed along in our paid tutorials. Great short tip. You have helped me so much already with color, another great idea to round out my mixing abilities.
wow! I never knew that about mixing weird colors with the same mixer. very cool... thankx so much. yes PLEASE do more on this....hagd ....
Very informative...not afraid of mixing new colors...but a new way to make colors in the same value...thanks...
I am a beginner and would love to get more tips for coloring mixing. I find you so helpful Thank you.
Hi Kimberly G, thanks for your kind words! Glad you liked my Plus 1 color mixing technique.
Wow this video was 10yrs ago. But it was still very helpful to me. Thank you
Hi cfosterarm, I do have some butterfly tutes on my blog but when I looked again at this video, my guess is that you're referring to the earrings I was wearing which are actually Sweet Pea Flowers. Those too were made in a tutorial. You can see the Preview of the Sweet Pea Tutorial in our RUclips Channel but to get the actually tutorial you must go to our blog (link in description). Type 'sweet pea' into the search box and you will easily find more information. Thanks for commenting!
Thanks so much for the color lesson, I reallylike how they come out with jewel like colors! I plan to experiment with this as an alternative to painting my pieces>
Great video on color mixing! Please make more! I'm new at polymer clay and I've learned so much from you. You've answered many of my questions I had. TFS
Fantastic idea! Thanks, I love your tutorials. Can't wait to try it out.
This is an awesome trick! Thanks! Really great channel, too. : )
Thank you Jeannie! For the color mixing compliment and the hair cut one. Such a nice thing to hear from you!
Hi Cindy..how would using a pigment paste to white polymer clay work to create your own colors. Have you ever tried? please share if so..Thanks
This is fabulous!! It simplifies color mixing and is totally versatile because any color can be added. PS - Love your haircut. You look so cute!!
Hi Cindy Is it OK to mix different types of clay ? like Sculpey Soufflé with Premo! or Premo! Accents?
What wonderful and detailed videos! These tips are incredibly helpful, many tutorials start from a place of competency that us beginners don’t have- and run into problems.
Really helpful thank you. I would also write down the recipe and add a hole or jump ring and add to a key ring to refer to at another time.
Going to do a clay day with my Italian teacher and Im looking for beginner friendly tips to try and explain things for her. I remember watching this video years ago when you first put it out. Thanks so much for the tips.
I would LOVE to see you do another of these color +1 tutorials with other color variations. For example I just made your rainbow skinner blend, and I’m planning on using some to blend with translucent, some with pearl, and I’m not sure of what else (I don’t have a bar of gold, but I have silver)
OMG! Just look at how the colors harmonize with each other, just by doing this little trick! Great! I would never have thought, to do that. Thanks so much, I loved it! Endless Possibilities WOW!
Hi, very good tute. I love making Chain Maille, Precious Metal Clay jewellery etc but have to admit I am intimidated by the colours of the Polymer clays and trying to put them together. I found your tutorial to be one of those "aha's". Have been putting off "playing with the clay" but now feel a bit more confident. Thank You, Margaret from Brisbane, Oz
Cool i had those colors and my sis nedeed earring for this purplelish goldish color and i made them for her and they were pretty
WOW! Yes very helpful and would love to see more about mixing Colour's together thank you very much! Love the video God Bless! x
most defenetly! mixing colors! please that's one of my biggest problems along with coming up with my own designs. thank you.
Yes, I really enjoy the color mixing. I have number of colors I have mixed, but, I didn’t make note of them, so making more of it is almost impossible.
Hi! I am newly subscribed to your page(s). Color mixing is one thing up to now (in all my life) been a problem. Would appreciate videos about that. Thanks for wonderful tutorials that I have seen up to now.
I would love to see you do it. My income is VERY limited so I can't afford to waste anything. Thank you so much!
I don't have clay but with playdough I ALWAYS am like😱 when I'm done mixing
Yes I'd like to see more colour mixing, especially if you can improve a colour like the Sculpey III 'Tranquility' I just bought this and it looks nothing like the picture of it - instead of a light bright electric blue, I have a dirty slightly blueish grey mud colour - not a colour I'd want to see in ANYTHING! What can I do about it?
Oh yes, I'd also like to know if you can mix together Fimo and Premo or Fimo and SculpeyIII? and if you do what does that do to
a) the colours? and
b) the time or temperature you bake it at?
Yes more.. becuz I'm intimidated by adding too much and not wanting to waste (on a budget)... especially when you want to accomplish a certain color and have to work with what colors you have... for example I bought the bright set... and wanted to make feather cane feathers earrings for my niece with colors she likes soft pink and peachy and teal and her sister likes the bright colors.. and I can't find a color mixing chart for sculpey bright color set of clay.. it would be nice to have a chart for us beginners without experimenting & wasting.. from putting too much of a color.. thanx for this video just wish I had found it before spending 2 days looking for a good method to mixing colors .. 😉
Cindy, I missed this tut somehow. Last night I was thinking that I want to check all of the color mixing recipes for silver/cement as I was getting low as I worked on a project.
More mixing like this would be fantastic! I must now look to see whhat has been added in the last 2 years. :°)
This video helped me so much! Thank you for posting.
I ❤️ Color Mixing!!! Sometimes the colors are fun-ta-mental - terrific !
I am new to polymer clay and I would love to see more color mixing videos. Your videos are so informative. Thank you.
Yes yes yes , please ! This was sooooo helpful ...as I am new to Fimo and I have an array of colours that are not really good ( too bright , not natural nature colours I want... and so on ) I was a bit scared of wasting my Fimo with mixing mistakes , until I saw your video !! So thank you very much for the confidence boost . 😜😊😋
Super. I would like more ! I also need help with adding clay to Sculpy lll to make it firmer. I am brand new and did not know Sculpy lll is so sticky and soft! Have a bunch
One of my favorite premo colors is an odd one, ecru because when mixed with any color it tends to make a soothing shade of that color. I tend to like the calmer versions in a lot of art.
Very intimidated by colour mixing, would love to see half half (light green up to dark green for example). Would love to see a tutorial on this. This one was very helpful also, thank you.
This is very interesting. I am sorry that you don't post your FB videos here, too. Somehow I never remember that you've moved to FB. I don't go there a lot, so .....
Whi, I have a degree in Fine Arts and taught the collage and grade school level. I gave private lessons also and when it came to mixing any color I used the black and white method. Color was my favorite class in collage because of my high interest in color. I feel your doing and excellent job and thank you, but I also feel your students should know why etc.etc. warm Regards, Shari
Yes please do more videos lke these i never use my silver i think im gonna try it as my plus one thank u so much
this was great! I'm always a little scared of mixing my colours as I don't have a store nearby and have to online buy, and being just a small hobbyist I hate wasting colour. Thank you :)
Color mixing for me is very intimidating for me I would love more videos like this. It was very helpful thank you Cindy.
Thank you so much, can you help me teaching how to do colour bordeaux from fimo soft? Thank you.
I am new to polymer clay and this was great information! Thank you so much. Yes, I would love to see more tips and tricks with color!
Would LOVE to see more about color cominations and color mixing! Thanks!
This was a wonderful tip. I'm just starting out by doing research and I know I'll use this info.
color mixing is a good subject. i just started polymer and im really working from the bottom of the barrel. fighting w an oven thats wonkey and changed the pink to an orange when baked. could have been my mixing technique. 😂 i would really like to see tips for different transparent effects too.
I am so terrible at color mixing/matching and I never knew about this trick! Thank you so much for sharing :D
an excellent method, especially for little test trials before jumping into a larger project - good one Cindy!
Great Class! Even the grade school children can learn this 1 method concept. Now that's what I'm talking about
A Big YES, I would love more color blending ideas. Color blending is not my best suite. Learning how to create my own color line would be the icing on my cake. I'm a seed bead beader to match my bead collection would be awesome.
I love ,LOVE, mixing colors. .. cuz there is just NOT enough colors in the world. :-)... never thought to use gold as a common base color. .. I have used pearl in everything. . Very similar results. .. inspired to play with silver now too!! Your tutorials are very informative, well defined, and of course. .. inspirational! !!!
I seem to make clumps of ugly dark colors and have tons of it, what can I do with it? I don't want to waste the clay but it's really ugly mix and dark.
Super helpful. Yes please do more. I'm always stumped for what colors go tog. Thanks
I knew how to do this with a mixed media piece, but never thought to do it with clay. Thank you so much! Now I think I'll have a make more cohesive pieces with my sample pack!
Yes. Would lo watch y ou ix more! My imagination - ISN'T Barb
I only buy the three primary colours plus black and white. I use he same method as I use to make matching size beads, that is to make one size circles in the clay and just make a note of how much colour or size I need to mix for either size or colour. Thank you for your posts, very intertsing.
yes I would. I am a beginner and I am finding too many videos on how to. I just want one that can shew me from beginning to the end including mixing colors. What clay do you use. I really like how you explain, but I would like a ful video split in different ones if you like but beginning one to the end.