need help making Sage Green...

[Brandyanne]

color. I have a green color block and liqid in: red, Ivory,cofee, yellow. blue, and black. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[Kaybee23]

I would think that green with just a tad of brown. :undecided

[Brandyanne]

Thanks- I'll give it a try!

[daniedb]

Actually, I get the most beautiful sage from green with just a touch of red. I use my "rust" liquid for the red, and it comes out a gorgeous sage!

[Brandyanne]

Thanks Danib- never would have thought of red!

[Jeana]

I know you are trying to make this color out of the ones you have already, but I thought I would let you know candlescience has some chips called sage green that are really pretty. Very easy to use and they do well in soy and palm wax.

[arafuse]

Hey, how well do those color chips work? Do you like them better than the liquid? Do you melt them before you add them to the wax or will they melt in the wax? Thanks.

Angie

[Holly]

I have never tried red. But, before I actually got a sage green liquid dye I used to use green (not dark) and a snidge of black. HTH

[Jeana]

Hey, how well do those color chips work? Do you like them better than the liquid? Do you melt them before you add them to the wax or will they melt in the wax? Thanks.

Angie

I wrote you a PM.

[Henryk]

I use the color chips from Candle Science and just recently used the sage that Jeana mentioned and it does give a perfect sage color. The chips work just fine in soy and paraffin. I cut them up in fours so I can get lighter or darker colors and just add them prior to adding the FO. I don't get any undisolved particles like some people say they have get with blocks. I used to always use liquids but I don't do big batches and I hate to have to mix colors. These things are so much easier and cleaner to use and store IMO.

This is dumb but I have every chip color from Candle Cocoon and Candle Science and compared them (that was a sight to see) and they mostly are duplicates of each other (I'm just assuming they are made by the same factory). However the one that was different that Cocoon had that Candle Science did not was one called "Coffee Bean". Just FYI if you are looking for a nice deep rich brown. A good subsitute is CS's "mahogany".

[Brandyanne]

Thanks for everyone's suggestions. I am fairly new to candle making- did not know about the chips- just the blocks and liquid. Thanks for telling me about them!

[prairieannie]

I love dye chips..they are so non messy And there's no worries about that extra teensy squeeze that produces like 4 drops you weren't counting on...(or is that just MY problem?? ) anywho...Peaks also has a beautiful sage green FYI!

[Beth-VT]

I use liquids and for sage I use a hunter green and add a bit of yellow to it. Love it.

[Brandyanne]

Thanks to everyone for their help- with all these wonderful suggestions I should find something that works!