Duochrome Pigment Comparisons III

This post will include the following pigments: from Anna's Art Asylum: 53, 52, 59 and 821502... and TKB Trading's Red Sparks- and will starts us into the pink(er) color shifting pigments which, as you'll see later, don't color match to the second set of pinks. Again, there are a few Solar Color Dust Chameleons that could fit in with the color group but SCDs are 6-10um while my estimate of Anna's is 100-260um, around the size of TKB's Star Bites. Red Sparks is 20-200um.

If you click on the first pic to enlarge it and go through them that way, the color shift is a bit more "animated" as the angle changes.

Daylight

Sunlight

Unknown Lighting

Unknown Lighting again.

Ok, that's all for this one but thanks for checking it out. Next part coming, the pinks set -MK

Duochrome Pigment Comparisons II

This post will include the following pigments, all from Anna's Art Asylum: 51, 54, 55, 57 and 412605. These purple-green shifters don't match up with any of TKB Trading's pigments though a few of the Solar Color Dust Chameleons I purchased later could loosely fit- by color, not particle size since the SCDs are 6-10um while my estimate of Anna's is 100-260um, around the size of TKB's Star Bites.

If you click on the first pic to enlarge it and go through them that way, the color shift is a bit more "animated" as the angle changes.

Lighting Unknown

Daylight

Sunlight

Unknown Lighting

Sunlight

Unknown Lighting

Unknown Lighting

Ok, that's all for today. Thanks for checking it out- tomorrow I'll be back with part III. -MK

Anna's Art Asylum Now Closed

Anna's Art Asylum was one of my favorite stores on eBay to get fantastic (and different) duochrome pigments. These pigments were featured on my blog and many others as well and they were still on my wish list to acquire more but unfortunately for me and everyone else, Anna has closed her store permanently. She had sold out of many of them so this was for the best but I am sorry to see the store closed.

Best of Wishes to you, Ms. Anna.

-MK

Duochrome Comparisons Part 1

Links checked 12/12/13

I am long overdue doing a comparison of the duochrome pigments I own and after acquiring samples of the most recent ones from Anna'sArt Asylum, the color spectrum got broader. Included in this are TKB Trading's Moon Dusts, Star Bites and the solitary Red Sparks (the only Sparks with a discernable color shift.). As a recap…

* Anna's 1st set are: #362801, #462805, #22808, #481804, #412604, #412605, #35202, #821502, #35204, #821502

* Anna's 2nd set of pigments are #50, #51, #52, #53, #55, #56, #57, #58, #59

* The Moon Dusts are: Aisha Gold, Crescent Crimson, Luna Blue, Indu Rose, Lavender Luz

* The Star Bites are: Marinda Star, Shanika Sun, Cherika Moon

* Red Sparks! is from TKB Trading's Sparks! Collection

I've taken comparison photos three different times, outside in sunlight, outside in daylight and the third I'm not sure, possibly a combination of indoors/outdoors. At any rate, I've tried to show accurate colors and the color shift to help you decide which ones you "gotta have", which ones you can live without and which ones look like those polishes or pigments you already own.

I think I'll begin with the easiest (translate that as the briefest) colors, the "Green Golds". This includes only 462805 (always left) and 22808 (always right) from Anna's 1st set because these two, while similar to each other, don't look like any of the rest.

Sunlight

Daylight

Not sure of lighting conditions

The second set I'm going to tackle today are those sort of odd green to blues… and I don't mean "aquas". This color range includes and is in the order of: 35204 and 221501, Shanika Sun of TKB's Star Bites and Aisha Gold from the Moon Dusts.

Sunlight

Another view in the sun.

Daylight

Not sure of lighting conditions

Part 2 will be posted when I get that far. -MK