YR24 Pale Sepia is an earthy warm gold Copic Marker which resembles Quinacridone Gold watercolor. A beautiful color for landscapes and botanicals but also for fur and golden highlights in hair. YR24 is only available in Copic 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.
YR24 Pale Sepia
Let’s take a closer look at this Copic Marker and its ink characteristics.
Temperature: An earthy warm gold.
Resemblance: Quinacridone Gold watercolor.
Actual Value: N5.5
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: The colored plastic on a Sketch marker resembles about 4 coats of YR24. It’s close but still misleading in it’s darkness.
Buildup: YR24 layers extremely well.
Shattering: Does not shatter.
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: Stains the paper with a light yellow tone
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: Slight 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: YR24 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 YR24 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 YR24:
Candlelight: Amy explores her method for creating soft glows and lens flares. Find more info here.
Sea Glass: Learn to create create texture and transparency and realistic glass highlights. Find more info here
Vanilla Arts Digi Stamps using YR24:
Color palettes and swatches using YR24:
Looking for beautiful color palettes?
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