{"id":2986,"date":"2009-03-11T03:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2009-03-10T16:39:44","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T23:39:44","slug":"polymer-clay-color-recipes-shades-of-orange-ladybug-color-palette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-color-recipes-shades-of-orange-ladybug-color-palette\/2986\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Color Recipes | Shades of Orange Ladybug Color Palette"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ladybug<\/p>\n

1A – Golden Sunset
\n2A – Ladybug
\n3A – Parsley
\n4A – Bronze Black<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Isn’t this the cutest picture of two ladybugs in love!?\u00a0 My husband caught them cuddling each other in our backyard parsley patch<\/span> last summer. The image and the colors are so magical. I simply HAD to make a color palette from this photo!<\/span><\/p>\n

Mixing these particular recipes was a lot trickier than I expected. When the photo was enlarged on my computer screen, the colors became much more complex than just simple orange, red, green and black.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking up close, the ladybugs have an almost metallic property to them. The surrounding garden light created a unique sheen that gave the black spots a beautiful bronzed over glaze. The deep red hue of the darker bug appeared to have been polished many times over. While the lighter orange fellow was encased with an enchanting coppery cast.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I started out mixing, I knew that Cadmium Red would be the base but I thought Burnt Umber or Alizarin Crimson would be the colors to tone down the darker Red, and that Gold would be enough to brighten the Orange.<\/span><\/p>\n

It took several different mixes before I finally figured out the right combinations of Premo Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Gold, and Red Pearl to arrive at the final Orange and Red shades. And surprisingly, it took even more attempts to get to the point where I was happy with the bronzy Black and the complimentary background parsley Green.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes I forget what it’s like for newbie to mix polymer clay colors and to come up with custom color palettes. Well today I was reminded just how hard color mixing can actually be.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is why it is so nice if you’re new to polymer clay and want to use colors that are a little more ‘designer’ than the ones which come straight out of the packages… to be able to use the color mixing recipes like the ones I prepare for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

And since the colors are made in a palette, you know that they will go together nicely. It sure beats wasting a whole bunch of your precious clay, trying to mix them yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I hope you enjoy this ladybug polymer clay color palette. The following individual recipes will be added to the Polymer Clay Members Library during the month of April, in Volume-011 [A-Series]:<\/span>
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