Messy Color™ Smurfy

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Smurfy (511569)<br />An opaque turquoise blue.

An opaque turquoise blue.


Pantone announced turquoise as Color of the Year for 2010. "Lots of Turquoise Beads for 2010.... My favorite CiM turquoise is known as Smurfy!" Read more at Darlene's blog. – Darlene Collette

Click here for other interesting Smurfy discoveries.
 
Messy Smurfy & dark ivory
Patricia Frantz
Messy Smurfy & effetre ivory
Karen Baildon
Messy Smurfy
Genea Crivello-Knable
Messy Smurfy
Kirsten Rasmussen

Messy Tester's Feedback

  • Smurfy is an opaque turquoise.
"This is the perfect replacement for Dark Turquoise! It melts nicely, can stand heat in a neutral flame, and presses well with no silvering after chilling and reheating. This color is just so amazingly brilliant." – Genea Crivello-Knable
  • Special thanks to Genea Crivello-Knable & Maija-Leena Autio for providing the photos in this section.

Genea Crivello-Knable used Smurfy and Tamarind for a café au lait and turquoise look.
Darlene Collette used Smurfy with Effetre new violet.
Genea Crivello-Knable made an "After Dark Ribbon Heart" with Tuxedo & Smurfy.
Visit DragonJools blog for a review of Smurfy.
Darlene Collette used Smurfy with Vetrofond light ivory in a variety of combinations.
Check out Genea Crivello-Knable's Coffee Sky beads  made with Maple, Tamarind, and Smurfy.
Visit the Fritipedia Wiki CiM Page for more information about Smurfy.
See Kay Powell’s Smurfy frit testing samples.
Browse Serena Thomas’ color gallery.

Pantone announced turquoise as Color of the Year for 2010. "Lots of Turquoise Beads for 2010.... My favorite CiM turquoise is known as Smurfy!" Read more at Darlene's blog.
– Darlene Collette
"Smurfy [silvered] shards - twinkling with droplets of silver. There is less reaction between the silver infusion and turquoise base than I would have anticipated and have found when creating silvered turquoise shards from various shade of Effetre glass. I think these shards are simply beautiful." Read more at the FHF Team blog.
– Jolene Wolfe
"If you have ever used one of the Italian turquoises, you know that they have a tendency to pit as you work with them. The Italian dark turquoise turns black /gray on the surface the more you heat it in the flame and is such a frustrating color to work with, that I stopped using it 15 years ago.  The good news is that both Fremen and Smurfy are wonderful creamy pastel turquoise colors that don’t pit or turn black." Read more at the Frantz Art Glass blog.
– Patricia Frantz