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!
