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Old 2010-04-06, 1:49pm
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Default Favourite CiM colours

Hello fellow beaders, I am looking at investing in CiM range but wanted to know if anyone had advise on their favourite colours and why. I want to compliment my Effetre range but of course it will be a large investment and just want to know what you guys think I should get
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Old 2010-04-06, 1:56pm
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I'm curious too. I am ordering the sample pack in my next glass order.
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Old 2010-04-06, 2:02pm
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Clockwork, Sangre, Poison Apple, Smurfy, Tuxedo, Peace, Gelly's Stye, Mermaid, Plum, and all of the yellows. Great glass!!
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Old 2010-04-06, 2:07pm
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I love Lapis - it is a true, non-browning purple that is super saturated and just gorgeous.
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Old 2010-04-06, 2:08pm
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Desert Pink, Dirty Martini, Sepia, Champagne Pink, Poison Apple, Ginger (makes an awesome Caucasian flesh tone) Commando, Stone Ground

Actually I can't think of one I don't like
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Old 2010-04-06, 2:13pm
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It is now my favorite glass and I use it almost 100% now.

Here is my list in no particular order but if you could afford just one , Canyon de chelly, it is seriously magical!

1. Canyon de Chelly
2. Stoned Ground
3. Lapis
4. Phoenix
5. Sangre
6. Dirty Martini
7. Mermaid
8. Commando
9. Olive
10. Grape Ape

heck I love almost all of them.
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Old 2010-04-06, 2:20pm
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wow thank you so much, just had a look I love the smurfy colour is the tuxedo black? how does it compare with effetre intense black?
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Tuxedo is a nice stiff black. I've heard it's nice for scrolled stringer work.
CiM's clear is lovely too.
I love Celedon
Elphaba is great too--like pea green but a little more blue-ish.
I love LOTS of CiM colours...
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Old 2010-04-06, 3:45pm
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The Tuxedo is indeed black; I haven't used but I think it doesn't run or web like Intense. Correct me if I'm wrong, somebody!

My favourites are:

Clockwork Orange
Sangre Red
Gelly's Sty
Blush
Crocus
Eggplant
Hades Black
Peacock
Kryptonite
Cirrus


I also like Leaky Pen and Bordello but they are super-saturated and you won't need much.

I haven't tried any of the newer colours like Slytherin or Mermaid but they're on my list of will-gets.
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Old 2010-04-06, 4:03pm
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Oh I forgot about leaky pen. Love that color over pastel uranium or tea green. It makes a pretty greenish teal stinger. Also gorgeous in flower cane.
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Old 2010-04-06, 4:33pm
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Sangre
Mermaid
Canyon de Chelly
Olive
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Old 2010-04-06, 5:09pm
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Crocus - the most beautiful purplely-pinkey semi translucent glass evah.
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Old 2010-04-06, 5:13pm
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oh wait, hefalump is a pretty lilac purple. Sells out at shows in my flower discs.
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Old 2010-04-06, 5:20pm
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Where do I start? Peace, Lapis, Pumpkin, Hades (haven't tried Tuxedo yet), Gelly, Zachary (its newish, nice baby blue), Poison Apple, Celadon, Ginger, Desert, Canyon de Chelly (when its available) I have more but have forgotten what they are.

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Old 2010-04-07, 4:55am
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Grape ape is a beautiful purple.
My favorite.
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Old 2010-04-07, 6:59am
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Oh yeah, I forgot about Pumpkin! Yummy. Dreamsicle is also a delicious opaque orange, but the rods I got are shocky as hell.
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Old 2010-04-07, 7:59am
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I love them all!! But no one has mentioned Thai Orchid - lovely deep opaque purple without the dangers of EDP. It will react slightly with some colors.

At the moment I am in love with kryptonite and dirty martini. Dirty martini is wonderful with Raku or multicolor, and under leaky pen.
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Old 2010-04-07, 8:44am
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I couldn't live without Hades—works wonderful for fine stringer work and as a reactive base under silver colors! I also love all their translucent "moonstone" type colors—Kryptonite, Rose Quartz, Peacock, Halong Bay, and Chalcedony. Crocus and Cirrus are some of my faves too. (Okay, I could go on and on, there is such a long list of their awesome colors! ;-D)
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Old 2010-04-07, 9:12am
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Ummm hello....maple is a wonderful brown transparent. and lipstick and eggplant. Well actually they are all awsome colors.
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Old 2010-04-07, 9:26am
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CiM makes awesome colors. Haven't yet met one I didn't like!
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Old 2010-04-07, 9:29am
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That's hard to choose a favorite....I love Leaky Pen, Hades, Ghee, Rose Quartz, Canyon De Chelly, Clockwork, Mermaid, Phoenix is cool.....
Leaky Pen is reactive like Pink Rubino so if you put opal yellow, copper green, turquoise..etc over the top you will get cool outlines!!!
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Old 2010-04-07, 9:35am
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Great Bluedini is my new favorite transparent color - it is really dense but over a thin base of transparent it is gorgeous! Peace is hands down the best white on the market IMHO, Hades and Tuxedo are great blacks - Hades is the more reactive of the two. I could go on and on. I think the only CIM glass I have not fallen in love with was Khaki - it boiled horribly for me.
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All CiM's colors are sooooo nice, some are extremely similar to Eff. but here's some of mine I will NEVER give up and they're always around...

Hades
Lapis
Butter Pecan (especially the dark unique)
Phoenix
Mermaid
Leaky Pen
Stone Ground (which is a nice alternative to Op. Yellow)
Dirty Martini
Celadon
Ming
French Blue (which is a nice dk. periwinkle or Eff. Lapis alternative)
Heffalump
Cranberry - I like their version of "Rubino" better, especially when layering with silver rich colors...it doesn't turn grey as easily.
Adamantium (is a unique warm chocolaty grey, very different from the Eff. Greys)

Well, that's a handful of my favs.
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oh gosh.

Sangre,
Canyon De Chelly,
Clear

are the only regular ones i get
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Ohh boy It sounds like I am going to have to try out all these CIM colors. Another glass to try Oy vey !!!!!
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Old 2010-04-07, 10:25am
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I'm in love with CiM!!!

Just getting started with this glass, and will be trying a lot more soon.
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This is a tough one, there are so many!
Marshmallow
Plum
Rose Quartz
Blush
Sapphire
Ghee
Peace
I know there are more ...
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Canyon di Chelly and Gelly's Sty Pink. Gelly's is a pink that won't burn on ya!

Heck, it would have been a shorter list to say what DON'T folks like!

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I just love Dirty Martini, because of the way it plays with DH glass... and reative frits
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I have a few of the CiM colors people have listed here, but Sangre Red is my absolute favorite. It's got to be the best red I've ever found!
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