When color isn’t the whole story
When we talk about paint, we usually talk about color: blue or red, warm or cool, bright or muted. But there’s another factor that affects every print we pull, even if we don’t always notice it right away: opacity.
What this Quick Tip shows
In today’s Quick Tip Tuesday video, I printed different paints over the same base color. I simply changed the type of paint on top and looked at how the results varied.
Some paints will allow the color underneath to show through clearly.
Others will soften it.
Others will cover it almost completely.
Others will soften it.
Others will cover it almost completely.
The tip
This isn’t about rules or fixing anything. It’s really just about paying attention - noticing what shows through, and what doesn’t, when you layer paint on your gel plate.
Quick Tip: Pay attention to how your paints behave, not just the color they are.
Why it matters
Once you start noticing this, it’s hard to unsee. And that awareness can be surprisingly helpful the next time you’re printing.
Watch the video
👉 Watch the short video below to see the differences side by side.
I hope you're having a colorful day!
Diana 💕
If you’d like to explore how your own paint colors behave when layered in different orders, Pandora's Palette Essentials walks through that process step by step, using simple experiments like the one shown here.
Happy Creating!