Messy Color™ Grumpy Bear
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An opaque periwinkle blue.
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"I really like Grumpy Bear, it’s very dense and saturated, but in my florals, it seems to be too dense. Using the same Effetre Ink Blue for top color of flowers, somehow they just aren’t as striking and colorful as when used with Effetre Periwinkle." – Sue Stewart Click here for other interesting Grumpy Bear discoveries.
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Messy Tester's Feedback
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Testers agreed that Grumpy Bear & periwinkle are similar but disagreed on which they prefer.
"I can’t honestly say that there is much of a difference between Grumpy Bear and periwinkle. If anything, the Grumpy Bear is a bit 'stiffer' than the Italian but not enough to make much of a difference." – Chris Haussler
"Grumpy Bear is a much nicer colour in my opinion, more vibrant with more 'ooomph'." – Claire Morris
"I found Grumpy Bear had a bit deeper color to it than the periwinkle." – Donna Dorman
"Grumpy Bear's hue is spot on to periwinkle and will be a replacement for me since I know it won’t shatter just looking at it. [Again, another color that is just too shocky now from Italian glasses]." – Elasia
"Grumpy Bear is slightly darker than periwinkle." – Elizabeth Long
"I have been trying to find a light blue with which I can make encased flowers. I’ve mainly tried working with Periwinkle, and the results vary depending on which lot I’m using. When I tried using Grumpy Bear, the petals couldn’t keep a hard edge and the results were that the flowers looked very ethereal, which was not what I was going for." – Gail Witt
"Grumpy Bear is much darker than the periwinkle that I have. I was able to get wonderful colors out of Raku on this color." – Jan Whitesel-Keeton
"Italian periwinkle is stiffer and reacts more with dark ivory, it lets ivory spread more. Grumpy Bear is streakier and a little darker. When reduced strongly, both colours reduced to purple-gray." – Maija-Leena Autio
"I use Grumpy Bear & periwinkle interchangeably." – Renee Wiggins
"Made a spacer bead with Grumpy Bear over periwinkle and they both look pretty much the same." – Leslie Anne Bitgood
Visit the Fritipedia Wiki CiM Page for more information about Grumpy Bear.
See Kay Powell’s Grumpy Bear frit testing samples.
Browse Serena Thomas’ color gallery.
Check out Miriam Steger’s CiM color charts.
"I really like Grumpy Bear, it’s very dense and saturated, but in my florals, it seems to be too dense. Using the same Effetre Ink Blue for top color of flowers, somehow they just aren’t as striking and colorful as when used with Effetre Periwinkle."
– Sue Stewart
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| "Grumpy Bear is a little richer than Effetre Periwinkle." Read more and see more comparison beads including etched versions at Lush Blogs. |
"My Grumpy Bear test beads are by far my favorite of the silvered shard test beads, with a secondary organic effect of brown striations appearing during the application process." Read more at the FHF team blog. |
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| "This rose cane is also Grumpy Bear with 2 layers of Cranberry on top. Notice how much more saturated the color is when left raised." Read more about Grumpy Bear and Cranberry Pink combinations at Genea's blog. |
The shards in this Mojo Box are silver infused Grumpy Bear. Check out more of Jolene Wolfe's Mojo Boxes. |
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| "Grumpy Bear is a periwinkle blue . . . has the same fabulous working proprieties as the other blues mentioned above. [don’t pit or turn black.]" Read more at the Frantz Art Glass blog. |