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These are some beautiful colors.  Unfortunately, neither the pics or the swatches I created do these colors justice.  Reds and pinks are just hard for me to get right.

Polymer Clay Tiles From Fuchsia to Turquoise

Color Swatches Created To Match The Polymer Clay Tiles

Next up ecru to brown.

Cadmium yellow and turquoise make some great colors.  And they are much easier to portray onscreen than pinks and reds.  Here they are:

Polymer Clay Tiles From Cadmium Yellow Hue to Turquoise

Color Swatches Created To Match The Polymer Clay Tiles

The recipes are as follows:

• 1 part cadmium yellow hue, 0 parts turquoise
• 7 parts cadmium yellow hue, 1 part turquoise
• 3 parts cadmium yellow hue, 1 part turquoise
• 5 parts cadmium yellow hue, 3 parts turquoise
• 1 part cadmium yellow hue, 1 part turquoise
• 3 parts cadmium yellow hue, 5 parts turquoise
• 1 part cadmium yellow hue, 3 parts turquoise
• 1 part cadmium yellow hue, 7 parts turquoise
• 0 parts cadmium yellow hue, 1 part turquoise

Next up fuchsia to turquoise.

One of the things that has frustrated me over the last couple of years is mixing colors – the second time around.  Usually, I create a color in the same way that a cook – a little bit of this and a little bit of that until it comes out right.  Which is great, until you need to make more of the same color.  So, I am trying to take a more structured approach to color and color combinations.  I started out just playing with different colors, but decided that I needed a more organized system.  I am starting with two colors mixed together in various proportions.  After that, I will work on more complex color combinations.  First up – black and white.

Polymer Clay Tiles From White to Black

Because of the difficulty of capturing the actual colors in a photograph, I am also creating color swatches that match the polymer clay tiles.  Of course, the color also depends on the screen of your computer as well, so these are really estimates of what the colors look like.

Color Swatches Created to Match the Polymer Clay Tiles

The recipes are as follows:

• 1 part white, 0 parts black
• 7 parts white, 1 part black
• 3 parts white, 1 part black
• 5 parts white, 3 parts black
• 1 part white, 1 part black
• 3 parts white, 5 parts black
• 1 part white, 3 parts black
• 1 part white, 7 parts black
• 0 parts white, 8 parts black

The next color swatches will be a little more colorful.