Best colour for flesh

[ScarletLeonard]

Anyone know which pink is the closest to a light flesh tone?

Want to try something out and if it works I'm going to need a lot of it so preferably a nice cheap one and not a special.

[helbels]

Butter Pecan would be my suggestion.

[princess pink]

Hey honey I use butter pecan for my bosom buddies but it is not cheap! I guess you could try effetre pale pink but that can turn very pink and I guess you could use effetre light ivory. Butter pecan would be best I think.

[awrylemming]

I just use plain old eff light pink 260 for my dolls


dolly by awrylemming, on Flickr

I've tried other colours, but this is the one that seems to work best.  I tried butter pecan, but they looked like sunbed fodder    It depends what look you're going for too, as mine is girly dolly the pink works well, Shahlaa's are definitely more of a skin tone. 

[ScarletLeonard]

Loving the look of butter pecan, don't want to go too pinky because it's more of a gothic look I am going for.

not to bad on price really, cheaper than ginger (my planned darker tone) which I could happily use all day. I know some pinks are very silly money.

Thanks ladies.

[Sulis (Hazel)]

Have you tried mixing your own colours? It's fun...and can be cheap-ish 

xx

[SilverGems89]

i quite like cim Chai for flesh tones, i made a goddess out of the one rod i had because i didn't know what it was and she turned out very beautiful!

[ScarletLeonard]

Sulis I have but I can only make stringer or (unintentional) frit.

Oh Chai I think I have some of that hiding in the drawer will have to take a peek.

Project kind of on hold anyway, just did a test bead and by the time I had finished I wondered what the mangled lump of glass was.

[Dreams of Glass]

I've used effetre light pink but finds it can burn or go a bit darker if worked a bit, i'm also trying out effetre silver pink  255 at the moment, it's a bit more expensive but It's a nice flesh tone.

[Dee Dee]

My thought would have been Butter Pecan as well, very fleshy!

[fragile_niki]

This conversation makes me want to bake a pecan pie.... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 

[Mand]

I just use plain old eff light pink 260 for my dolls


dolly by awrylemming, on Flickr

I've tried other colours, but this is the one that seems to work best.  I tried butter pecan, but they looked like sunbed fodder    It depends what look you're going for too, as mine is girly dolly the pink works well, Shahlaa's are definitely more of a skin tone. 

Awww, she's really cute, she looks a bit like your daughter. 

[awrylemming]

It was modelled on her - she plays with her all the time, and has a whole wardrobe of 'clothes'    It's weird looking back at old ones, as they seem to be changing and evolving over the last couple of months.
My dollies are somewhat freaky now ....