Favorite Copic Colors

Since I get asked this question frequently, I thought I'd finally put together a list of my favorite Copic colors and combinations.  I've included photos but you know how inaccurate colors can look on your monitor and over the Internet.  I would highly recommend that if you have the opportunity, to use someone else's Copics and/or can test them in a store -- that is the most accurate way to select your colors.  But by listing some of my favorites, I thought that might help in your decision making. 

My friend & stamping genius, Debbie Olson, had listed her favorite copic colors on her blog's sidebar and I asked if she'd mind if I did the same -- I thought it was an excellent idea.  You should also check out her favorites, because ours vary a bit and it's interesting/good to have a few opinions/different options, too!

These swatches are done on Georgia Pacific (from WalMart) white cardstock.  I didn't alter my photos other than to lighten them up a bit, but still the RV's shown below are looking a bit too bright -- they are a little more subtle in person.  On the Red combos below, the top selection is a darker version of the bottom selection.  My favorite "true" red (to me!) is R29.  These are a more coral selection of the reds.  The R81/R83 on the far right is a very nice mauvy-rose combo:

The YR21 below is my very favorite yellow -- reminds me of Stampin' Up's So Saffron.  Y21 is a very close match, just a little bit lighter.  I've included it with a combo up to a mustard color.  These greens are my favorites to use for leaves; they are a softer, mossy green grouping.  These lighter blue-greens are a great turquoise combo:

Below is the darker blue-green combo (on the far left) I like, followed by some lighter blues (the lighter B21 is very close to Stampin' Up's Bashful Blue, so it's looking a little darker here on my monitor).  For the Earths combo below, you could add E21 for a lighter, caramel to the top of the combo and E29 for a darker chocolate brown at the bottom of the scale.

I'll be adding this list of combinations to the sidebar of my blog, so it will be easy to find.  I hope these combos help you in your selections!

Edited:  I've moved my favorite color combinations from my sidebar to a Copic Information page.  You can either click on THIS LINK or find the link in my Pages list under my photo at the top left.  Enjoy!

Comments

[marianne]

1.

Ohhh! How did you know my favorite combo is the BG72, BG75, BG78? Thanks for posting!

[Linda Marie]

2.

Thanks Sharon for sharing more Copic info w/us to help us get the most out of these markers. You're a jewel!

[Alli Miles]

3.

Sharon...you so rock! Thank you for sharing your fav colours with us. We should do a blog challenge for anyone with Copics and have everyone list their colour combos and then compile it. I always love to see what other crafters use too.

[pegg]

4.

Thanks Sharon - this is great!! So good to see these colors like that - hard to tell from the cap color.

[diane mcvey]

5.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is great! You and Debbie are both very talented, and it's so helpful for us to get these tips! :D

[Lori Craig]

6.

well yeah for me! You only managed to add 3 colors to my list. :) Your charts are awesome!

[Lori Craig]

7.

Hey - I don't see R39 on your chart????

[Sharon (notimetostamp)]

8.

This is great!!! I'm still so new I'm not even sure which colors I have without taking my markers out to look, but I'll certainly do a comparison to your charts -- thanks!!!