R32 Peach is a warm, light red Copic Marker, diluted to a peachy pink. It looks like a watery Carmine or Red Madder watercolor. This soft marker color is useful for sun kissed flower petals and blushing cheeks. R32 is available in Copic Sketch, Ciao, and Classic marker styles.
Color better with R32. 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.
R32 Peach
Let’s take a closer look at this Copic Marker and it’s ink characteristics.
Temperature: A warm light red.
Resemblance: Looks like a very watery dilution of Carmine or Madder watercolor. The Copic name is deceiving, this color is light red, definitely not peach.
Actual Value: N3
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 end of a Sketch Marker is just slightly darker than the actual ink color.
Buildup: R32 is moderately pigmented and is easily layered.
Shattering: No visible shattering but there was a slight bit of warm yellow leakage at the outside edge of the ring. We don’t expect this color to shatter under normal conditions.
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: Reds are almost always staining colors but R32 has been diluted with enough solvent that it’s a fairly easy blender.
Lift: Moderate (reds tend be slightly stubborn)
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: Surprisingly stable. Fade was only visible on close examination. Perhaps about 5% loss.
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: R32 is a high dilution version of R39 but feels oddly warmer than R39. R30 is the most denatured version.
Family Members R39, R37, R35, R32, R30
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 Cyan, in the clean blue family. We suggest B01, B02, or B52.
Underpaint: We suggest BV20 to shade this color.
This is simply one suggestion. Many possible colors exist. Test to find a color that pleases you.
Pushing Pencil: We suggest Prismacolor 1079 Blue Violet Lake.
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 R32:
Chocolate Box: learn how to create darker colors that Copic doesn’t make, essential to creating realistic deep dark areas. Find more info here.
Vanilla Arts Digi Stamps using R32:
Color palettes and swatches using R32:
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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