{"id":18439,"date":"2014-04-07T03:05:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T10:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18439"},"modified":"2014-04-01T18:50:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T01:50:13","slug":"making-small-test-blends-polymer-clay-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/making-small-test-blends-polymer-clay-colors\/18439\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Small Test Blends With Your Polymer Clay Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18439#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Test Color Blends\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-04\/07-90500-test-color-blends.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #500:<\/span> Really getting to know your polymer colors so that you can see how some shades can bully the other ones.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How to make small test color blends with polymer clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Using the Teardrop Method for making mini skinner blends so you don&#8217;t have to use up too much of your clay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Making small test blends will let you see how a color will behave when mixed with another one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Most reds are dominant which means they will bully weaker colors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Test Blend #1: Premo Cadmium Yellow &amp; Alizarin Crimson.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Test Blend #2: Premo Zinc Yellow &amp; Alizarin Crimson.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Test Blend #3: Premo Sunshine Yellow and Alizarin Crimson.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Test Blend #4: Premo Cadmium Yellow &amp; Cadmium Red.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Test Blend #5: Premo Zinc Yellow &amp; Cadmium Red.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Test Blend #6: Premo Sunshine Yellow &amp; Cadmium Red.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">See how some color saturation comes into play when making color blends.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">See how some colors mix muddy while others have more pleasing clean transition.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Get a feel for how much white is added to the different polymer clay colors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Watch the video and then grab a couple of colors to do some mini teardrop test blends of your own.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2I1NgzCiYKU?rel=0\" height=\"323\" width=\"575\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17922#video\">Polymer Clay Color Mixing &#8211; Color Saturation<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17437#video\">Color Plus 1 &#8211; Polymer Clay Color Mixing Trick<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18034#video\">Lietz Teardrop Blend &#8211; Color Gradients Made Easy<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18341#video\">Teardrop Blend (Easy Skinner Blend) No Pasta Machine<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18011#video\">Polymer Clay Skinner Blend Instructions<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18009#video\">Stepped Graduated Color Blend &#8211; Old School Gradients<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2I1NgzCiYKU\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Polymer Clay Colors &#8211; Making Small Test Blends<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> The Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #500: Really getting to know your polymer colors so that you can see how some shades can bully the other ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2662],"tags":[2678,2679],"class_list":["post-18439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-studio-tips","tag-color-mixing-plus1-method-saturation","tag-patterns-sheets-color-gradients-mokume-gane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}