YR23 Yellow Ocher is a warm earthy yellow Copic Marker which closely mimics Golden Ochre watercolor. A beautiful color for the natural yellow found in landscapes and botanicals. YR23 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.
YR23 Yellow Ochre
Let’s take a closer look at this Copic Marker and its ink characteristics.
Temperature: An earthy warm yellow.
Resemblance: Golden Ochre watercolor.
Actual Value: N5
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: The colored plastic on a Sketch marker is very close to YR23 ink,
Buildup: YR23 layers well up to about 3 layers but could get oily looking beyond that.
Shattering: Shatters into a warm reddish brown with bright yellow leakage.
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: This has a bit more staining power than expected.
Lift: Stubborn. The ink can be moved a bit with colorless blender but it can only be lightened, not erased.
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: Noticeable fading.
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: YR23 is in the middle of the YR-twenty family which starts with YG20 and runs to YR27 on the darker end. If Copic released a YR29 marker, it would resemble an earthy brown.
Family Members: YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27
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: We suggest a medium blue marker like B24
Underpaint: B00 neutralizes this color beautifully.
This is simply one suggestion. Many possible colors exist. Test to find a color that pleases you.
Pushing Pencil: Prismacolor 1026 Greyed Lavender is nice with YR23 but can not be applied too thickly.
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 YR23:
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 Copic classes.
Vanilla Arts Digi Stamps using YR23:
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 YR23:
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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