invertedn04 Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 I'm looking for a bone color.does anyone have a good starting point for me to try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 If you do a search on "bone" you'll find threads that address the question. Bone color is in the eye of the beholder. I start with opaque white, add drops of brown and yellow until I get what I want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crab05 Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 I start with orange and add white to color I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubs Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Start with this http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/topic/25100-bone-color-help/?hl=bone then do a search in hardbaits for a couple of pages of threads. bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 If you do a search on "bone" you'll find threads that address the question. Bone color is in the eye of the beholder. I start with opaque white, add drops of brown and yellow until I get what I want. I do the same as Bob, except I use metalic gold from Folk Art instead of brown. Enough Createx yellow to give the bait a yellow cast, and then a couple of drops of the gold to "tarnish" it a little. I think of bone as a warm white. I used to paint a "dirty" bone with just brown, but it didn't get bit like the yellow/gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crab05 Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 My color is old school looking bone,looks a little like a flesh color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txmedic033 Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I like the Folk Art Buttermilk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I like the Folk Art Buttermilk. Where did you find that color? I can't find it on any of the sites I buy from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubs Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 There's a Light Buttermilk by Americana. http://decoart.com/cgi-bin/ColorConversion.cgi?PlaidFolkArt I want to make up some Heddon Tiny Torpedo lures and found a color chart for all (and I do mean all) colors from when they came out to the present. There was a brown on bone coachdog color I kind of liked. bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougarftd Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Life Tones makes a great bone color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterChief Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I realize I am bringing this up from the past, but I have found a bone that I feel matches as closely as any I have found before. It is in the acrylic tube paints in Walmart, and the color is called CREAM. I just squeezed out some in a plastic bottle, added a couple heavy magnetic beads to help the mixing process when I shake it, and added 4011 reducer until I reached the consistency I needed. Adding reducer slowly and mixing thoroughly kept the paint from having any clumps and it sprayed really well through my .35 tip. Can't find my Wiggle Warts pictures I painted at the moment, but I think they were a dead match as far as my eye can tell to the old Bone color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Best for me so far is Deco Art Antique White. Just thin to your needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 I agree with BobP, it's to your taste. To me a bone color, is a soft white or a egg shell in some cases. I like this color for belly painting, example for a frog and tadpole schemes. This for me is a simple mix, pearl white with a touch of opaque black to taste. The black will take the white to a "flat" or a matte shade with leaving some of the pearl look. It also seems to leave a look of texture. Createx is the brand, but I'm sure any brand with these colors can create this look. Take Care, Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) I hate mixing colors probably because I suck at it and I'm lazy. This works pretty good.....for my taste anyways...Polytranspar water base Sahara Tan...misted over a white base....Taxidermy air brush paint......might have gone a little heavy on it. Edited December 27, 2015 by Richard Prager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwfflipper Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) I use "sand color" but can't remember who makes it. Jeff Edited December 28, 2015 by jwfflipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 I use "sand color" but can't remember who makes it. Jeff Createx makes Sand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwfflipper Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Createx makes Sand yup that's the one, I checked on it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I use transparent tan, transparent yellow and opaque white to mix a bone color. By varying the ratio you can make it a lighter or darker bone color. Ben 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
