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Messy Color™ Slate Ltd Run

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A transparent slate blue.

"I am personally having trouble deciding if I think it is a blue-grey, or a grey-blue." Read more at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson Click here for other interesting Slate Ltd Run discoveries.

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Join Trudi Doherty's FB group Lampwork Colour Resource Sharing Information for a catalogue of color study.
Claudia Eidenbenz’s "Vetrothek" (glass library) is a great resource for color comparisons.
See Kay Powell’s frit testing samples.
Browse Serena Thomas’ color gallery.
Check out Miriam Steger’s CiM color charts.
Consult Jolene Wolfe's glass testing resource page.

"Slate is a light, greyish blue transparent colour. Its darkness changes dramatically when it is used in thick layers, and it can bubble when applied using very thin stringer, so you need to watch your heat with this colour. . . . Slate makes a surprisingly good base colour for silver glass. My reducing silver glass bloomed on top of it, and I got a very nice starting strike from my TerraNova2 frit." Read more at Melanie's blog. – Melanie Graham

"The 3 central beads in this set were created with Slate sprinkled with Double Helix fine Aurae glass frit and reduced to a golden glitter. As shown in the two spacer beads, this transparent slate blue stayed true and did not fume in the presence of the silver glass." Read more at Darlene's blog. – Darlene Collette

"I started with a base of Slate encased with Double Helix Terra2. After the multiple dots and encasement, the glasses produced deep blue reactions." Read more at Darlene's blog. – Darlene Collette

"Slate is a very pretty transparent light grey-blue. A nice user-friendly glass. No bubbling, scumming, shocking or other glass naughtiness." Read more at Laura's tumblr. – Laura Sparling

"I am personally having trouble deciding if I think it is a blue-grey, or a grey-blue." Read more at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson

"Slate is a pale gray blue. The subtle transparent glass reminds me of a Midwestern sky before a spring thunderstorm. The stiff glass presses easily and holds shape nicely while adding intricate surface decoration." – Heather Sellers