Chartreuse color?

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Chartreuse color?

Postby chrisper4694 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 2:05 pm

im having trouble making my soft plastic lures that nice chartreuse color that you find in store brought lures such as the gulp alive saltwater shads. I try a pearl white base with yellow and the add a little green but I can only manage to get a mustard yellow or a 'too blueish' type of yellow.

How close to chartreuse is the new Flo. Yellow vs the org. Yellow which is more mustard yellow
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Re: Chartreuse color?

Postby dahlberg » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:20 pm

i think you will get a much brighter green out of it.
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Re: Chartreuse color?

Postby chrisper4694 » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:05 pm

Thanks Larry, so I'll get the Flo. Yellow and Flo. Green and try a few drops yellow with a smidge of green and see if I can get the bright chartreuse I'm looking for.
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Re: Chartreuse color?

Postby setforvb » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:51 pm

Here's a pic of a few drops of flo yellow added to clear soft plastic for the tail section. Came out yellow/greenish. I'm sure adding some drops more would of made a more true yellow:

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y51 ... 6e4ba6.jpg

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Re: Chartreuse color?

Postby dahlberg » Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:26 pm

It looks like you're getting it dialed in!
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Re: Chartreuse color?

Postby chrisper4694 » Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:31 pm

Oh that looks pretty good. Making a white base first then using the Flo. Yellow might make it less translucent.
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Re: Chartreuse color?

Postby setforvb » Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:23 pm

thanks for the tip with the white. I'm looking forward to trying some color combos once I get my whiggley to swim correctly. one step at a time.
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