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G00 Jade Green is a bleached warm green Copic Marker which resembles highly diluted Phthalo Green watercolor. This is an artificial looking green, most often used as s blending companion for darker greens. G21 is available in Copic Ciao, Sketch, 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.

G00 Jade Green

Let’s take a closer look at this Copic Marker and its ink characteristics.

Temperature: A slightly warm green but strange things happen to inks when they’re overloaded with solvent. G00 has a bleached look and can create an oddly cool blend in some situations.

Resemblance: Highly diluted Phthalo Green watercolor.

Actual Value: N3 (note, this was unexpectedly dark for a sub-zero marker)

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: Yes. The colored plastic on the Sketch cap is close to the color of one layer of G00 ink.

Buildup: Layers well but reaches maximum value at only 3 coats.

Shattering: Shatters into green with mild yellow ink at the margins.

Be careful! This color contains a very high ratio of solvent and can easily damage the other colors in combination with it. G00 even shatters itself at 4 layers of ink.

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: G00 does not stain the paper.

Lift: G00 is such an easy lifting color and because it’s also pale, you can almost erase G00 with a colorless blender.

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: G00 was surprisingly lightfast, a very unexpected result. We were unable to see any fading in the 3 week test.

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: G00 sits at the sub-zero end of the G-Zero family. The markers in this family are all artificial looking, it’s hard to find them in nature.

Family Members: G0000, G000, G00, G02, G03, G05 G07, G09

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: Pale violets like V20 or even BV000

Underpaint: We suggest BV000

This is simply one suggestion. Many possible colors exist. Test to find a color that pleases you.

Pushing Pencil: Prismacolor 1026 Greyed Lavender works well.

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.