PC Color Mixer
How to Use PC Color Mixer
Sculpey Premo® polymer clay in these 5 colors (See FAQ for clay seller recommendations)
- Cobalt Blue
- Fuchsia
- Zinc Yellow (available online only, not sold in stores)
- White
- Black
A Scale. ​​
What you'll need:
We recommend using a scale that will weigh fractions of grams. This scale from Amazon is inexpensive and works well for this purpose. *
How to Use the App
On the Home page of the app, you have two options:
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The first option is to pick your color using the Color Picker on the screen.
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The second option is to click on the Hex Code button to go to the next screen where you can enter an exact hex code for your color.
Option 1
To use the Color Picker, simply slide the dial on the color spectrum to the color that you like. The color will change in the bar below so you can see what color it is.
Next, change the lightness or darkness of that color by using the black to white color slider, which will not only change the color in the box but will also change the hex code for the color.
When you have the color the way you want it, you simply hit the Implement the Magic button at the bottom.
On the Clay Color page, simply enter the total amount of the color you wish to mix in ounces. 2 ounces is the amount in 1 block. To test the color before you make a lot of it, you can use .1 or even .05 as the number of ounces.
Once you hit the Enter button, the magic happens! The app will display the amount (in grams) of each of the 5 Sculpey colors you will need to mix together to get your desired result.
Use the back button or the Menu icon to get back to the initial screen.
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Option 2
On the Home screen, you can choose the Hex Code button at the top to go to the screen that will let you choose your color by entering the 6 digit hex code for that color.
Type the hex code where specified. The hex code
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must be 6 digits.
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do not type the #
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each of the digits must be 0-9 or a-f (must be lower case, I'll change this soon!)
After entering the Hex Code, hit the Enter key. The color block will change to the color you have specified. Then hit the Implement the Magic button to be taken to the Clay Color Page.
Where to find colors for your project
​​There are many online and physical tools to help. The #1 tool that I recommend are the Sarah Renae Clark Color Cube cards.
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These come in 2 cube-shaped boxes with 250 palette cards in each box. Each color in the palette includes a hex code that can be entered into the PC Color Mixer app to find the polymer clay recipe for that color. The cards are professionally printed and the colors are very accurate and a great way to match up your mixed clay created using the PC Color Mixer app. Sarah's website
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Some online color palette websites:
Other Color Apps
Clay Box
Color & Font
Color Picker
Hex Color Codes
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FAQ
Can I use other colors or brands of polymer clay?
Eventually, the app may be updated to work for other primaries, but for now, these are the only ones that will work.
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Where can I find Sculpey Premo® clay online?
Some suggestions for purchasing clay online include:
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Why are Ounces Needed in ounces and clay amount in grams?
Most clay artists know how many ounces are in a small pack of clay (2 oz), but most don't know how many grams (56), so determining how much clay you want to mix makes more sense in ounces. But, for small amounts of clay, using grams for weighing seems easier.
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Will the app work for me without the Color Cube cards?
Absolutely! There are many free or low cost online resources for finding great color palettes or you can create your own. The cards are now one of my most loved art tools and have been invaluable to me and my testing team in developing and testing PC Color Mixer.
Disclaimers
PC Color Mixer works great for most colors. The value of the color (whiteness or blackness) might be off some. And there may be a few colors that aren't right. Also, the colors that are printed on different printers may be different for the same code and the colors may appear different on different screens. Colors recipes created by the app are an attempt at correctness.
Note that the only primary colors that will work are exactly those specified. You might accidentally get similar results using other brands or colors.
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