Effetre Bright (sometimes called Electric) Yellow is my all time favourite yellow. It is technically a transparent colour but it quite often goes translucent when worked which creates a stunning cloudy, swirly yellow. This colour is as clean and clear a yellow as you'll find anywhere. No orange or blue tones, no brown murkiness, just a bright, true yellow. Obviously with a colour like this a little can go a long way. This set first started with thoughts of yellow and grey but I wanted to mellow it out with some caramels, browns and beiges. Frankly, it turned out almost exactly as I pictured it in my head and that's pretty rare for me anyway.
For those bead makers interested in colour combinations this set of beads contains: Effetre White, Effetre Bright Yellow, Effetre transparent Grey, Effetre transparent dark Grey, CIM Maple, CIM Adamantium, and CIM Vanilla Latte. I did encase the Vanilla Latte in two beads and they seem to be fine. I think some of my past cracking problems had to do with putting the beads in the kiln too cold. I warm everything up a bit now right before plopping them into the kiln.
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