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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Color Cook Book => Topic started by: WALLEYE WACKER on 10/27/19 01:07 UTC

Title: Mann’s avocado
Post by: WALLEYE WACKER on 10/27/19 01:07 UTC: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0261/5505/products/SG310_04s_large.jpg?v=1553863620

Any one have a idea or recipe

My thought was baby bass and maybe a tooth pick tip of green pumpkin brown to flatten out the green.
Or baby bass with a little amber
Title: Re: Mann’s avocado
Post by: 21xdc on 10/27/19 06:13 UTC: You might be surprised what a little orange will do... Black, Yellow and a tad orange.
Title: Re: Mann’s avocado
Post by: ctom on 10/27/19 07:56 UTC: I'm almost liking 21's idea here. I also think your idea with the green pumpkin brown isn't too far off either. Some colors are complex in spit of looking simple and everything gets compounded because no two or three or any computer monitors or phone screen show the color exactly like it looks in your hand.
Title: Re: Mann’s avocado
Post by: 21xdc on 10/27/19 08:13 UTC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQrFZqjNDTE
Title: Re: Mann’s avocado
Post by: WALLEYE WACKER on 10/27/19 14:00 UTC: I have one in hand but just wanted to see what someone else thought.
21xdc the video helped so you not mixing blind
Title: Re: Mann’s avocado
Post by: 21xdc on 10/27/19 18:57 UTC: ;D Here is another video... Just trying to help some grasp the mixing of green colors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiH3k41YY_E
Title: Re: Mann’s avocado
Post by: WALLEYE WACKER on 10/28/19 01:13 UTC: Another great video thanks
Title: Re: Mann’s avocado
Post by: ctom on 10/28/19 06:56 UTC: When I was right out of high school I worked at a paint store....Sherwin-Williams....and custom mixed colors. People would bring in a painted piece of wood or whatever and I'd be tasked with matching that color. These videos remind me of those days. In grade school we're taught the primary colors and how mixing those will give us the greens, oranges, etc . Working with colors in that paint store was certainly a departure from the basic colors. lol

Now as I'm much older and computers are in charge of doing things I can see where people get frustrated with color matching. Trying to match a color using real plastic and comparing it to a color on a monitor is tough at best. No two monitors will show the same color exactly the same. The best way to color match is to have great lighting [daylight or daylight bulbs], where there are no shadows, first, and then have an actual piece of the original color in your mitts. Shadowing can change a person's perception of a color in a heartbeat.

The beauty of plastic is that one can get really close in color fairly easy and that's usually good enough. This avocado color is one that shows how going in a direction with colorants that's completely against common thought will get you to where you need to go.
Title: Re: Mann’s avocado
Post by: MT204 on 10/28/19 10:11 UTC: Tom hit the nail on the head. I sold paint (Glidden) for 25 years and also had to match paint.
The problem is I have NO artistic ability and when it comes to soft bait color matching I struggle with colors. Now my son on the other hand is fantastic.
The one thing I have found is I'll buy the bait and cut one in half a number of ways and Tom's right get good light and one with a large magnifier is even better yet.
Just ran into this problem trying to match Roboworm Ned Worms, as they are 3 color and boy does one color change another.
As I have also said before wish Tom was my neighbor or at least lived in the same town!
Title: Re: Mann’s avocado
Post by: ctom on 10/28/19 11:53 UTC: We're only a state apart MT....come on over.