Messy Color™ Plum

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Plum (511658)<br />An opal purple.

An opal purple.


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"This is a totally yummy glass - slightly translucent in the rod - and if you use it thick - it will be more or less opaque - two beads on the left - but if you layer it thin over clear - oh boy - a lovely opaly plum colour." Read more at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson

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Messy Plum
Carol Oliver
Messy Plum & gold leaf
Sabine Little
Plum & Unique Plum 511658-3 encased
Yulia Trubitsyna
Messy Plum & Kryptonite
Patricia Frantz
Messy Plum
Claire Morris
Messy Plum, Count von Count, & Larkspur with an iris gold frit stringer
Sue Stewart

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  • Special thanks to Bethany Lemasters & Genea Crivello-Knable for providing the photos in this section.

Darlene Collette used Plum with 99% fine silver.
Check out Darlene Collette's beads made with Poison Apple & Plum.
Darlene Collette made a set capturing the colors of the harvest using Plum.
Check out Genea Crivello-Knable's blog about imitating some BE odd lots with Plum.   
Check out Genea Crivello-Knable's organic bead made with Plum.
Join Trudi Doherty's FB group Lampwork Colour Resource Sharing Information for a catalogue of color study.
Claudia Eidenbenz’s "Vetrothek" (glass library) is a great resource for color comparisons.
See Kay Powell’s frit testing samples.
Browse Serena Thomas’ color gallery.
Check out Miriam Steger’s CiM color charts.
Consult Jolene Wolfe's glass testing resource page.

"Plum is much paler in rod form than as finished beads, a pretty mid purple that can be struck to a couple of different shades as you can see clearly in these heart beads. The subtle colour variation makes me think of Lavender Jade." Read more at Kitzbitz Art Glass' blog.
– Jolene Wolfe
"I did a series of marbles with Messy opal colors [here shown: Plum] and Peace based on the curdling effect that those glasses have together."
– Chris Haussler
Melanie uses Plum frit in her blend "Jabberwock." See more of her 104 compatible FrittyBits blends.
– Melanie Graham
"The rods are, from the top, Grape Ape, Evil Queen, Plum, and Cranberry Pink- 1. The beads are in the same order, from the top." Read more at DragonJools blog.
– Dwyn Tomlinson
"This is a totally yummy glass - slightly translucent in the rod - and if you use it thick - it will be more or less opaque - two beads on the left - but if you layer it thin over clear - oh boy - a lovely opaly plum colour." Read more at DragonJools blog.
– Dwyn Tomlinson
“Out of the nine Messy opals that I tested, five of them remained translucent and they were Plum, Rose Quartz, Ghee, Chalcedony and Crocus.” Read more about keeping opal glass translucent at the Frantz Art Glass blog.
– Patricia Frantz