CIM Blue Steel, CIM Iguana, CIM Lichen

I just got a new shipment of glass and couldn't wait to play with it.  These beads are made with all CIM (Creation is Messy) glasses and most of the colours are green.  Until recently, I wouldn't have said I was a really big fan of green but lately I can't seem to make anything without it.  And, of course, for this set, I went over the top with greens.  To start with there are 2 light greens called CIM Lichen and CIM Sprout.  The bead on the right has a base of Lichen and the bead 3rd from the right has a base of Sprout.  Sprout is a lovely, pale green that almost seems translucent (especially went it's not etched).  It melts wonderfully and creates clean lines and dots.  Lichen is a pale, very greyish green.  It is a lovely neutral colour and also creates clean lines and dots with a hint of translucency.  CIM Iguana and CIM Fiddlehead look very similar in rod form but Iguana melts to a much brighter green with less grey tones.  You can see Iguana on the 4th bead from the right.  This is a streaky colour so lines and dots get a bit wavy but it has a nice vibrancy without being a neon green.

To contrast with the many greens in this set, I've used CIM Blue Steel.  This is a hard colour to describe and I believe it will look quite different depending on the colours you combine it with.  In this set, because it's contrasting with the green, the colour is a bit more purplish.  I think if it was combined with blues it would look a lot more bluish.  Again, it was a good glass to work with and behaved pretty well in the lines and dots.  A bit of blurring but not too much.