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Reichenbach Glass Color Reference - Part 2

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Color Charts for Reichenbach 96 Lampworking Cane I just love Reichenbach glass. The colors are so dense and so rich. I am slowly converting my lampworking glass from 104coe to 96coe so I am making color reference charts as I go. Here's my latest batch of colors. R74 Granny Apple Green  - is fun key lime green. It is darker than Effetre Pea Green, but more limey than Effetre Nile Green R74 Granny Apple Green R84 Dutch Blue  - matches its namesake and is a nice delft blue. It is a dead ringer for Effetre Dark Periwinkle. R84 Dutch Blue R119 Mandarin  - is my most favorite orange ever. It is a soft yellowish orange - reminds me of butternut squash. It would be closest in comparison to Effetre Yellow Apricot without the dark streaks. R119 Mandarin All three colors made spacer beads that came out the exact same color as the rod itself. No striking or extra work required. See Also: Reichenbach Glass Color Reference - Part 1 

Color Inspiration - Essie Resort

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My daughter recently started wanting to have her nails painted. No idea where it came from because my nails hadn't seen polish since I was pregnant with her. I decided to capitalize on this as a perfect mother-daughter bonding experience, and we went shopping for some new nail polishes. Retail therapy is always a great way to bond with your daughter. We wandered into our local Ulta cosmetics and went straight for the new Essie display. Such fun, bright and cheery colors! The best part is they came packaged in the most adorable cube of 4 sample colors - which is great for me because I never go through a full bottle of polish before I tire of it anyways. I loved the color combination of the sample pack so much I decided to match it in a new bead set. I do believe I will be stalking Essie whenever they release a new collection - both for the bead-making color inspiration and the cute and fun nail polishes. Color inspiration exists almost everywhere ... so next time your muse goe

Reichenbach Glass Color Reference - Part 1

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Color Charts for Reichenbach 96 Lampworking Cane A plethora of color charts and color sample pages can be found all over the web for most any glass color in the 104 palette. Unfortunately I have been unable to find a similar resource for the 96 palette. I've been transitioning a lot of my glass studio over to 96 coe and am slowly building my color stash. Most of the time I go in "blind" when making a glass purchase because there may or may not be a picture of beads made with that color. And the photos may or may not be accurate and representative. So this is my new little side project: make spacer beads and catalog colors of every glass I order in 96 coe for reference . Perhaps other lampworkers will find these little color references helpful as well. Happy torching! R731 Dark Pink Coral  R087 Water Blue R097 Lilac Red See Also: Reichenbach Glass Color Reference - Part 2

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