Sunday, January 25, 2009

Copic Matches for Stampin' Up Colors




First of all...these are my personal choices for matches I have done IN PERSON. I did one layer of Copic ink on Papertrey Ink White Cardstock. The matching was done by holding the sample up to both the SU Marker and the SU Cardstock of the coordinating color. So, the results could be different if you use another brand of white CS. In the event of the match being in between shades, I chose the lighter one since a second layer of Copic would match it right up. Some SU colors have no exact match, these are created by TWO layers of Copics. One of the colors mentioned will not match by itself. In this photo you can see what I mean by this, the two smaller birds were colored with G21 and BG93 separately, neither is a perfect match for the Sage Shadow color, but when layered on each other in the larger bird, it looks just right!
So, here are my choices for Copic colors to match SU colors:

Current Colors
Almost Amethyst - B63 Light Hydrangea
Always Artichoke - G99 Olive
Apricot Appeal - YR21 Cream
Ballet Blue - B23 Phtalo Blue
Barely Banana - Y11 Pale Yellow
Bashful Blue - B32 Pale Blue
Blush Blossom - E00 Skin White
Bordering Blue - B91 Pale Grayish Blue (Add N2 over it for a perfect match)
Bravo Burgundy - E09 Burnt Sienna over R59 Cardinal
Brilliant Blue - B18 Lapis Lazuli
Brocade Blue - B34 Manganese Blue
Cameo Coral - R22 Light Prawn
Certainly Celery - *** I found that G12 was not quite right, currently looking for the perfect match.
Chocolate Chip - E49 Dark Bark
Close to Cocoa - E74 Cocoa Brown
Creamy Caramel - E33 Sand
Elegant Eggplant - V09 Violet
Gable Green - YG06 Yellowish Green
Garden Green - YG67 Moss
Glorious Green - G17 Forest Green
Green Galore - G14 Apple Green
Handsome Hunter - G29 Pine Tree Green
Lavender Lace - BV02 Prune
Lovely Lilac - BV17 Deep Reddish Blue
Mellow Moss - BG93 Green Gray
More Mustard - YR23 Yellow Ochre
Night of Navy - B39 Prussian Blue
Not Quite Navy - B97 Night Blue
Old Olive - YG95 Pale Olive
Only Orange - YR68 Orange
Orchid Opulence - V15 Mallow
Pale Plum - V95 Light Grape
Perfect Plum - BV13 Hydrangea Blue over BV25 Grayish Violet
Pink Passion - RV25 Dog Rose Flower
Pixie Pink - RV13 Tender Pink
Pretty in Pink - R32 Peach
Pumpkin Pie - YR16 Apricot
Real Red - R29 Lipstick Red
Really Rust - E08 Brown
Regal Rose - R85 Rose Red
Rose Red - R37 Carmine
Ruby Red - E07 Light Mohogany
Sage Shadow - BG93 Green Grey over G21 Lime Green
So Saffron - Y21 Buttercup Yellow
Summer Sun - Y17 Golden Yellow
Taken with Teal - BG49 Duck Blue
Tempting Turquoise - BG05 Holiday Blue
Yo Yo Yellow - Y15 Cadmium Yellow

2007 In Colors
Buckaroo Blue - B95 Light Grayish Cobalt
Cool Caribbean - BG45 Nile Blue
Cranberry Crisp - N2 over R37 Carmine
Marigold Morning - Y38 Honey
True Thyme - YG97 Spanish Olive
Vintage Violet - BV29 Slate


2008 In Colors
Blue Bayou - BG75 Abyss Green
Soft Sky - BG10 Cool Shadow
Wild Wasabi - YG63 Pea Green
River Rock - YG91 Putty
Groovy Guava - R02 Flesh
Purely Pomegranate - R39 Garnet

2009 In Colors
Baja Breeze - BG72 Ice Green
Kiwi Kiss - YG03 Yellow Green (a little bright alone, add YG95 over it for closer match)
Pacific Point - B06 Peacock Blue
Pink Pirouette - RV00 Pinkish White
Riding Hood Red - R29 Lipstick Red
Tangerine Tango - YR07 Cadmium Orange

Neutrals
Basic Black - 110 Special Black
Basic Gray - C7 Cool Gray No. 7
Going Gray - N2 Neutral Gray No. 2
Kraft - E43 Dull Ivory
Sahara Sand - W3 Warm Grey No. 3
Very Vanilla - E30 Bisque

15 comments:

Julie said...

Thank you thank you thank you!
I didn't totally agree with the other list I had seen posted. Your matches are more like what I thought but I didn't know them all. I appreciate your work. I'm about to put my first big order in today! Hooray!

Anonymous said...

I was just thinking today that I needed this information. Thank you so much!!!

Stefani said...

What a great list. Thanks for sharing your personal color choice.

Unknown said...

THANK YOU! You just cost me $40 in Copics online today. My DH thanks you too, LOL.

Susan (peebsmama) said...

This is really terrific. I don't own Copics yet but am taking a class next month, so assume I will eventually start collecting them. This is a great reference since I do use primarily SU products. I will be bookmarking this.

LaToya said...

Thanks so much for this list and your hard work.

Teresa Kline said...

oh my this is soooo helpful...I would luv to know your opinion on future in colors from SU with copics......thanks so much.....I am following you...wink! *~* if you have time please check out my blog

Lilian said...

Thank you for your hard work and for sharing. :)

Stacy Sheldon said...

Thanks so much for this list! I dont have many copics yet and this will help narrow down the shopping list. :)

Vina said...

Wow..Thank you so much for generously sharing this valuable list! Take care.. Vina

buggin2stamp said...

Thank for posting this list. I am planning to order some more copics soon and this is a big help to me.

Christyne said...

This is brilliant! I'm going to copy and paste this into my blog so I can always find it!

Thanks!

Unknown said...

This is brilliant! Thank you so much! :D

Mona Pendleton said...

Thank you sooooo very much! HL only has a few so I need to order on line & that is very scary especially since they cannot be returned! :)TFS

Theresa Tyree said...

Outstanding! Thanks so much!!!!!