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Today I’m so excited to share a bit more about the new Bold Inks that were released in the 2016 Catalog and now available in the Hero Arts shop.

There are 14 vibrant colors with a hybrid ink formulation, which means it is a mix of pigment and dye ink. The inks dry quickly like a dye ink, but offer a crisp impression like pigment inks. They work great for fine detail stamps, because they don’t feather or fade like a dye ink. Also, they are archival and work great on vellum. And there are reinkers available for all 14 colors!

A technique I think these inks will be great for is Color Layering. With our growing line of Color Layering stamps, these inks offer a bold color to use as the top layer. When you combine them with the lighter Shadow Inks, you will have some great combinations of colors to create dimension within an image.
Whenever I see a new ink line released, the first thing I want to know is how they compare to other ink colors. So that’s what I am going to share with you today! I’m going to compare the new Bold Inks with existing Mid-Tone Shadow Inks that many of you already have and love. I realize due to differences in computer monitors, the colors many not be exact, but hopefully you can get the basic idea of where these new inks fit in compared to existing inks Hero Arts offers. (On the charts below, the Bold Inks are designated with bold lettering and the graininess you might see is just from the photo and doesn’t represent the smoothness of the inks.
Tangerine is a bright orange that complements Orange Soda nicely. And Dandelion is a perfect yellow that fits in right between Lemon Yellow and Butter Bar. It isn’t as bright as Lemon Yellow and doesn’t have the slight orange tone that Butter Bar has.


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