Messy Color™ Ginger
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A creamy opaque tan, less reactive than the ivories, that makes an excellent neutral base color.
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Ginger
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"This is a Ginger base on the left and a Butter Pecan base on the right, with dots, Butter Pecan on the left and Ginger on the right. When hot - it is really difficult to tell them apart, but once melted, they are quite distinctive." Read more at DragonJools blog. – Dwyn Tomlinson Click here for other interesting Ginger discoveries.
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Messy Tester's Feedback
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Ginger is, in general, a non reactive color.
“This is what I love best about Ginger - it doesn't react very much with the reactive colors." – Chris Molter
“It is a great substitute for ivory when you do not want a reaction with other glass." – Janice Laster
“Dark colors seem to "sink" into Ginger, leaving very soft, ill-defined edges. If you like that it is great; on the other hand, if you want defined edges on dots and lines, it can be a problem.” – Tim Gottleber
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Ginger is an excellent neutral base color.
“This color often looks like Butter Pecan. It’s a little bit warmer in tone and makes a great base color.” – Gail Witt
“I loved working with the Ginger and using it with reactive frits. It makes the most beautiful organic beads. It etches, presses well, marvers well, isn’t shocky, melts smooth, and is lovely to work with." – Janice Laster
“WOW! What a versatile color! I absolutely love working with Ginger. It is such a wonderful base or surface decoration. It ranges from a flesh tone to beige. It looks great with everything." – Stephanie Risberg
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Some Messy Color testers described Ginger as “streaky,” but only if overworked.
“It is a little streaky but the color is so light it doesn’t show up too much.” – Gail Witt
“It is sometimes streaky. But that adds to its charm. Some beads had no streaks whatsoever while others had lots of streaks. I thought it might be the graphite marver, but only ½ the beads that I marvered had streaks.” – Stephanie Risberg
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Ginger does not change when reduced.
“I did not notice any change in appearance when reduced.” – Stephanie Risberg
“There was no reaction with either reduction or oxidation.” – Tim Gottleber
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Special thanks to Evil Glass, Teri Wathan, Pat Frantz, and Janice Laster for providing the photos in this section.
Visit the Fritipedia Wiki CiM Page for more information about Ginger.
See Kay Powell’s Ginger frit testing samples.
Browse Serena Thomas’ color gallery.
Check out Miriam Steger’s CiM color charts.
"This is a Ginger base on the left and a Butter Pecan base on the right, with dots, Butter Pecan on the left and Ginger on the right. When hot - it is really difficult to tell them apart, but once melted, they are quite distinctive." Read more at DragonJools blog. |
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| "I rolled the Ginger in silver foil and did stringer work with Moretti Ivory. The silver goes to the center the more you heat. Cool effect! And the silver takes on a goldish tone."
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Leslie Anne Bitgood
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"Ginger is a nice soft peach which I have not found in any other color palettes. It works well used as a Caucasian skin tone that I like to use for my santa's and it was a perfect skin/fur color for use in this sculptural french bulldog."
– Genea Crivello-Knable
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| “I like Ginger for faces. It takes a lot of abuse. If it is heated too much, a little darker shade of peach will emerge in streaks."
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Dianna Trout
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Gail Joseph uses Messy Ginger frit to create 104 compatible frit blends. Find more blends at GG Glass. |
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