E35 Chamois is a warm beige brown Copic Marker which resembles diluted Burnt Umber watercolor. An easy blending, natural brown. A recommended best buy for beginners. E35 is available in Copic Sketch, Ciao, and Classic marker styles.
Every Copic Marker has unique characteristics based on its unique ink formula.
Knowing how a color behaves will help you blend effectively and make art with confidence.
E35 Chamois
Let’s take a closer look at this Copic Marker and its ink characteristics.
Temperature: A warm beige brown.
Resemblance: Diluted Burnt Umber watercolor
Actual Value: N5.5
All Copics are measured on a Neutral Gray value scale. The last number on the cap is supposed to indicate value but we’ve found discrepancies where the actual ink value is different than cap designation.
Cap Accuracy: Close. The plastic on a Sketch marker matches 3 coats of E35 ink.
Buildup: E35 layers well and builds to maximum value at 3 layers.
Shattering: Does not shatter.
Chromatography testing shows this ink’s behavior when it comes in contact with #0 Colorless Blender (solvent). High shattering colors may leak unexpected color when you make corrections or attempt to blend with any color that has a high solvent to colorant ratio. Shattering is not bad, it’s just something to be aware of.
Staining: Stains the paper with a slight bit of yellow which doesn’t seem to fully move.
Lift: You can lift some of this color but the paper remains stained.
See staining swatch. Sample was given 6 stripes of #0 Colorless Blender, drying between each stripe. Results indicate how much lifting you can expect.
Lightfast: We observed very minor fading during the test period.
Samples were swatched on X-Press It Blending Card. 1 layer of ink was exposed to windowsill sunlight for 21 days. Approximately 10 hours of sun per day based on weather conditions. Note: we do not recommend displaying original Copic art under these conditions.
Natural Ink Family: E35 is in the middle of the E-Thirty family. This family of browns feel warmer as the color gets darker.
Family Members: E30, E31, E33. E34, E35, E37, and E39
We include this information because many Copic users never think deeper than the letter groupings (R, BV, G, etc.). Every ink has its own temperature variations and underlying flavors. Understanding what an ink looks like in its different dilutions helps when creating your own blending combinations.
Complement: Brown is not a hue on the color wheel and does not have a complement.
Underpaint: BV00 neutralizes this color well.
This is simply one suggestion. Many possible colors exist. Test to find a color that pleases you.
Pushing Pencil: Prismacolor 1074 70% French Grey pushes this color nicely.
VanillaArts.com (our sister site) teaches a Push & Pull technique for dimensional coloring. This is simply one suggestion. Many possible colors exist. Test to find a color that pleases you.
Vanilla Arts Classes using E35:
Expressive Sunflowers: a revolutionary lesson on dimension, introducing the concept of color sculpting. Learn to use your chisel nib to color sculpt. Find more info here.
Robin’s Nest: A lesson on building up realistic texture using freehand strokes. Find more info here.
Chocolate Box: Amy shows you how to create darker colors than Copic makes, essential to creating realistic deep dark areas. Find more info here.
Vanilla Arts Digi Stamps using E35:
Color palettes and swatches using E35:
We are building our palette and swatch collection a little more each week and will update here as more become available.
Visit the color resource page at our sister site VanillaArts.com for a wide variety of Copic palettes and swatches.
Looking for beautiful color palettes?
We absolutely love The Color Catalog 1 & 2 from Sarah Renae Clark. It puts hundreds of Copic friendly color palettes at your fingertips.
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