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Offline ctom

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turquoise
« on: 04/27/14 11:10 UTC »
Anybody use turquoise colorant?  I have some turquoise colorant and a turquoise hi lite powder. I also have some fine glitter that's also right on the line turquoise. I've played with the color a little bit as a secondary color and have come up with some real nice baits and color combinations. Has anyone else used turquoise and have a solid color they'd care to share? Most all of the blues I work with are blue blue. Turquoise tends to run light and not as deep as I generally like a blue to be.

If anyone has done anything with this color, what are your thoughts on it?
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Offline ctom

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Re: turquoise
« Reply #1 on: 04/27/14 14:12 UTC »
Here is the turquoise laid up against a few colors done in the ring it. I focused on the center of the baits to show the color separation better.



The top baits is a bluegill plastic hand poured  and the turquoise injected. The center bait shows the turquoise hand poured. The bottom bait has a silver pearl hand pour and is finished with the turquoise.

The turquoise was mixed 5 drops of colorant to 4 ounces of plastic, stabilizer, uv enhancer, turquoise hi lite and a powder blue fine glitter. If I were to amend this recipe it would be to add 10 drops, maybe even 15 of the colorant to bring a bit more life to it. Had I shot the picture on a soft blue or gray mat it would have done a better job of showing the actual separation of colors it has when the baits are in your hand. I want to do some small frys using the color to see how they look, but I'll be doing more than the 5 drops shown here.
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Offline Bass in the hood

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Re: turquoise
« Reply #2 on: 04/27/14 19:16 UTC »
They look great to me as is but a little more color may give them a little more pop.

Offline Botanophilia

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Re: turquoise
« Reply #3 on: 04/27/14 22:05 UTC »
Looks like a good color; I look forward to the darker version.