You got it Phaedrakat. That is exactly right.

“… great for people (like me) who didn’t get to see the older B recipes the first time around.”

The link by my name will take you to where I posted some more info about how the B-Series recipe cards work.

Just to clarify, I haven’t actually converted all of the Premo palettes yet — sorry for wording it more carefully — although I’ve made up all of the Premo colour chips I can so that I know what colours I need to match in Kato. I do have more conversions underway and will send them along when I’m happy with them. I’m doing the palettes I like best first, so I’ll probably end up converting this Fimo-based Arbutus Tree palette before I do some of the Premo palettes.

I made these quite some time ago, and I’ve used up most if not all my Fimo since then, but I do believe it was Fimo Classic that I used for the Red. Would have said the full color name if I had used something else.

One of the reasons I ended up sticking doing only recipes with Premo is that I didn’t want beginners to have to purchase too many different colors and brands of clay just to make them.

You have done a great service for those who prefer to work with Kato clay and don’t want to switch over to Premo. Thank you so much for being so giving and doing this for everyone. You really are an incredible girl!

Hi Cindy,

I’ve made up colour chips for all of your Premo colour recipes that I have, and thought I’d try making up this Fimo palette too since I think I’d really like it judging by the photo. Most of the Fimo colour names for the recipes in this palette seem to correspond to (or at least exist in) Fimo Soft, except for Red. Only Fimo Classic current has a colour called plain Red now, as far as I can tell. Is that what you used, or was it a Fimo Soft colour that’s been discontinued? The current Fimo Soft reds are Indian Red and Cherry Red, and the Fimo Effect reds are Metallic Ruby Red, Glitter Red and Transparent Red.

Thanks! :)

@Shannon: Thanks! It is a glorious tree, isn’t it?! Happy to have you as a new newsletter subscriber. Hope you enjoy it!

@Bonnie: Thank you for your kind comment! An artist always is inspired by their surroundings. Mine happens to be nature!

@Ken: I haven’t created such a chart and I don’t think anyone else has. The problem is that although it is relatively easy to copy a color, it is not that easy to copy the way it behaves. For example, say I come up with a recipe using Fimo clay to make a copy of a Premo color like Alizarin Crimson. Well I may be able to get it to look the same, but it won’t necessarily have the same pigment load, transparency or opacity. Therefore if I tried to substitute my new Fimo formula into a recipe that called for Premo Alizarin Crimson, it wouldn’t necessarily work. Do you get what I mean? As far as the Sculpey III thing, that is your choice, but you may find it still will chip easier than the other clays. Just make sure you bake your beads extra long, and hopefully you won’t run into problems.