YG11 Mignonette is a pale yellow-green Copic Marker which mimics diluted Green Gold watercolor. Ideal perfect for florals and spring landscapes, this color also makes a cute background color. YG11 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.
YG11 Mignonette
Let’s take a closer look at this Copic Marker and its ink characteristics.
Temperature: A warm yellowish green.
Resemblance: diluted Green Gold watercolor.
Actual Value: N1All 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: It’s close. The colored plastic on the Sketch cap resembles 2 layers of YG11 although the transparency of the plastic makes the cap look a bit cooler than the ink color.
Buildup: YG11 started to look oily at 3 layers. It reaches maximum value around 3 layers as well.
Shattering: Shatters into green with yellow seeping out 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: YG11 stains the paper with a faint yellow color.
Lift: This green aspects of this color can be shifted a bit but the yellow color never fully moves.
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: YG11 faded by about 30% during the testing 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: YG11 is a at the lightest end of the YG-Teen family. Note that YG11 is cooler than both YG13 and YG17. This family seems like a mashup of unrelated inks.
Family Members: YG11, YG13, YG17
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: A very pale periwinkle like BV0000
Underpaint: BV0000 desaturates YG11 nicely.
This is simply one suggestion. Many possible colors exist. Test to find a color that pleases you.
Pushing Pencil: Prismacolor 1026 Greyed Lavender provides a nicely desaturated push for YG11.
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 YG11:
Oopsie Daisy, a beginner class on developing and using the flick technique for Copic Markers in both blending and non-blending situations.
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 digital stamps.
Vanilla Arts Digi Stamps using YG11:
We continue to create new content and stamps and we will update here as more become available.
Visit the stamp shop page at our sister site VanillaArts.com for a wide variety of Copic classes.
Color palettes and swatches using YG11:
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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