G02 Spectrum Green is a bleached warm green Copic Marker which resembles diluted Phthalo Green watercolor. This is a highly artificial green, most often used as s blending companion for darker greens. G02 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.
G02 Spectrum 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. G02 has a bleached look and can create an oddly cool blend in some situations.
Resemblance: Diluted Phthalo Green watercolor.
Actual Value: N3.5
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: Yes. The colored plastic on the Sketch cap is close to the color of one layer of G02 ink.
Buildup: Layers well but reaches maximum value at only 3 coats.
Shattering: Shatters into green with canary yellow ink at the margins.
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: G02 mildly stains the paper.
Lift: G02 lifts moderately, leaving behind slightly cool bluish paper.
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: G02 was surprisingly lightfast. We saw only mild fading during 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: G02 sits at the light 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 V22
Underpaint: We suggest BV00
This is simply one suggestion. Many possible colors exist. Test to find a color that pleases you.
Pushing Pencil: Prismacolor 1008 Parma Violet with very light pressure 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.
Vanilla Arts Technique Classes using G02:
Vanilla Arts Digi Stamps using G02:
We continue to create new content and classes and we will update here as more become available.
Visit the workshop resource page at our sister site VanillaArts.com for a wide variety of Vanilla Arts stamps.
Color palettes and swatches using G02:
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.
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