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Ways to achieve this dark yellow/green colour?

 
(@thom4to)
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While I plan on staying my newest colour(Crazy Colour Peacock Blue) for quite some time as it is lovely, the next colour which I tried and failed to achieve and would like to have in the future is a dark yellowish green shade. I've absolutely no idea what I could mix to achieve it however so some help would be fantastic πŸ™‚

A couple of pictures I've found that are in the range I'd like:

I get that the colour is not so appealing to a lot of people but I find it to be quite so, for some reason or other πŸ˜›

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Posted : August 23, 2014 11:08 pm
(@janineb)
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When you're mixing dyes, it's exactly like mixing paint. So for a green like the second one you need to make it less of a fresh green and making it more muddy. For that you'd add some of the opposite colour. In this case that's red, but I think an orange would work better. You'd just want a teensy tiny bit, too much and you'd get a mucky brown.

The first one, basically the same thing, but it's a much fresher colour it's not as muddy as the first. So I'd add yellow and and even tinier bit of orange.

You'd want to start off with a mid green, maybe directions apple green. Nothing too blue as that's taking the colour in the wrong direction. Olive greens have a yellowy base. Something like directions spring green might actually be good for the first one as its yellow based.

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Posted : August 24, 2014 5:12 am
(@pastina)
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this isn't going to be helpful to you-- but if you try this, i'd LOVE hear what you ended up mixing (and i'd love to see pictures!).  i really like this color and am curious how it'll work out for you!

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Posted : August 24, 2014 2:59 pm
(@janineb)
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I take back Apple Green to start with. The colours looked a LOT darker on my iPad! Spring green would be best I think.

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Posted : August 24, 2014 3:37 pm
(@squishy000)
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I totally agree; I was thinking start with a bright, true green and gradually add yellow and drops of orange until you get the colour you're after.

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Posted : September 3, 2014 12:19 pm