UNDERSTANDING THE COPIC COLOUR SYSTEM & HOW TO PICK BLENDING COLOURS!

As a Copic user it is so important to understand how the Copic Colour System works, as it forms the basis of all natural blending groups.

A great companion to help you understand the system and correctly pick your colours is the Copic Colour Wheel. You can download your own copy HERE!

Now lets see how it works! Lets take B95 as an example!

Each marker has Letters and Numbers on it .... this is what they mean!

So to pick colours that will blend well together it is best to keep the Colour Family/Letter, and the first digit the same. Then vary the last digit by 2-5 numbers!

Enter The Colour Wheel!

If we find B95 on the wheel and move along the same band on the wheel we can clearly see that the highlight for B95 is B93 and the shadow colour is B97. So now we know that B93, B95 and B97 will blend together perfectly.

You can also add more colours to make your blend smoother eg B91, B93, B95, B97, B99...just as I have used in my card of this beautiful CC Design Swiss Pixie Gretel.


So remember, for seamless blending, pick the colour you want to use, find it on the colour wheel, move around the same band on the wheel to find it's natural blending families!

Now you try it...and show me what you have blended!

Happy Colouring...Mandi xxx