AZ Fisher Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I'm ready to step up and order from Columbia, but when I look at all those colors with those tiny swatches I'm just overwhelmed. I have used the search here and not really found the answers I've been looking for. I'm looking for specific names of the colors you guys buy for the colors we use. I found several recipes for green pumpkin but would rather buy a standard premix for consistencies sake. Someone else stated that Super Mirror Black was a great color. That is all I have been able to find. Would some of you share what colors you have bought from them that have worked well for you? Do they make any flake colors? Any suggestions for hammered or textured colors that have worked would be cool also. I'm looking for the following color names for the following colors: Green Pumpkin Watermelon Junebug Chartruse Pearl White Brown(craw brown) Blue/black Flat/matte Black Thanks in advance for your input! Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EironBreaker Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) If you have a Harbor Freight close to you, they have flat black that is awesome stuff. They also have white, red and yellow I believe. I've only used the flat black but it was cheap and covers really well. I think others on here have used the white. I have about 1/2 gallon of white left so it will be awhile before I need more but will try HF white. Just a thought to save you a little $$. I just bought some powder paint from Cadman and dipped some lures last night. Green pumpkin, brown and silver. Haven't fished them yet but whacking them on the concrete floor didn't do any damage so I think I'll be good to go. He has paint by the pound at a great price. Edited March 29, 2016 by EironBreaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I just bought some powder paint from Cadman and dipped some lures last night. Green pumpkin, brown and silver. Haven't fished them yet but whacking them on the concrete floor didn't do any damage so I think I'll be good to go. Well that is good to know. I was hoping you weren't going to say that you hit them with a hammer. Because I tried that awhile back and well I guess the paint hardness is not impervious to a good hammer whacking unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I'm ready to step up and order from Columbia, but when I look at all those colors with those tiny swatches I'm just overwhelmed. I have used the search here and not really found the answers I've been looking for. I'm looking for specific names of the colors you guys buy for the colors we use. I found several recipes for green pumpkin but would rather buy a standard premix for consistencies sake. Someone else stated that Super Mirror Black was a great color. That is all I have been able to find. Would some of you share what colors you have bought from them that have worked well for you? Do they make any flake colors? Any suggestions for hammered or textured colors that have worked would be cool also. I'm looking for the following color names for the following colors: Green Pumpkin Watermelon Junebug Chartruse Pearl White Brown(craw brown) Blue/black Flat/matte Black Thanks in advance for your input! Will I have tried some of the chameleon colors, and those were very good. Their powder paint is top quality stuff especially the TGIC. The Junebug color you mentioned above I believe is a Pro-Tec color only, but I might be wrong. Good luck with your color choices, a lot to pick from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking Dead Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Go to powders and click link to powder additives. They have color flakes. I go with the gloss black and gloss white. As for the others, I stick in the area of the RAL colors. Remember the color wheel when you go to mix. You can add black and blue and gets some good variations. I work with some Harley orange and ARMY Olive Drab green and get a good brown. They do not mix as well as plastic liquid colors but that is good as you can get some veining. Buy it by the pound and share with another bait maker to save on shipping and costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I use the military green TGIC for green pumpkin, and june bug along with other flake colors I use Protec. I do sometimes make my own flake colors by mixing clear with a color and a glitter and it can be done consistently as long as you write the recipe down and you measure accurately, For the craw brown I like the Sepia brown and those are in the standard colors. The one problem is that most will use a different shade for what they want their watermelon or green pumpkin to look like and it is a reason you don't get specific answers. For example, chartreuse, some will use the fluorescent yellow and other will use neon yellow and other like me will use neon yellow TGIC. The same deal for green chartreuse, fluorescent green or neon green TGIC or even watermelon as I like fern green and other like leaf green. Take a look and decide which ones look right to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 AZ Fisher As far as watermelon, green pumpkin and dk watermelon goes, I have adapted the Pro-tec colors as a guideline. Like smalljaw mentioned everyone's idea of green pumpkin and watermelon are different. It will depend on what you like. Now if you decide to sell your jigs down the road, then that is when you will either get in trouble, have to buy another green to compensate for the color that they don't like or the guy doesn't care. The reason I stuck with the Pro-Tec as a color example, was because when all the powder colors came out back in the day, Pro-Tec was the first to market their colors and they pretty much set the standard on what color is watermelon and what color is green pumpkin. Whether I agree with it or not, that is what many guys judge these colors by. This is just some food for thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EironBreaker Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Like it has been said, you can mix your own color combinations to get the shade you like. Just have to write down what you did to be able to replicate it. I think if a guy is that picky about a shade of watermelon, then he is too picky because I'm sure the fish don't really care. If they did, why do they eat a jig with 90% of the paint beat off of it and just few strands of skirt left hanging on? That's the beauty of making your own stuff, you made it to your liking and that will give you more confidence. And confidence is 99% of catching fish. Have fun with it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgecrusher Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 borrowed from long lake lures: 6014 is yellow olive, the green pumpkin that we usually use 6003 is olive green, and is like split pea lightened with a little white 6007 is bottle green and is like a dark watermelon 6008 is brown green, and is a dark green pumpkin 6015 is black olive and is a greener dark green pumpkin I've use 6007 and was very happy others hadn't tried yet. I used candy purple and green glitter for junebug was good enough for me, all powder coats list a junebug by the lb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Fisher Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Thanks everyone for their suggestions and help. I was hoping that CC would have some standard colors for us fishermen like Pro-tec does. I'm not great at keeping records and recipes and was hoping they would have some single container colors that were close to the colors we want. I would not have known to look for the TGIC colors without your advice. I wound up finding colors I think will work for me based upon everyone's recommendations. I may have to mix some to get a Gr. Pumpkin and Watermelon close to Pro-tecs color that I'm used to. Wow, four times as much product for the same prices as Pro-tec 2oz is awesome. Thanks again for everyone's help, you got me on the right path to success! Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpNoodle Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Same colors are a bit cheaper at Prismatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking Dead Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 (edited) Az, it is powder paint and if you look, each company has their own business plan/concept. One attracts anglers and thus you get angler color names. Others have ideas for powder painting large things like Harley's, cars, wheels. Some buy large quantities, cut it and package to resell on eBay etc. CC is using , for the most part names that are in the RAL colors, etc. similar but a]same colors, cannot beat the CC prices when you go for pounds vs a 2 ounce jar. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAL_colors Edited March 30, 2016 by Walking Dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Fisher Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Thanks WD. That color chart was way easier to decipher than the swatches on CC's website, at least for my eyes. I vote that the color chart be made a sticky. When I did my search here I found several others that had asked a similar question without any definitive answers. That chart would make things easier for a lot of people I think. Thanks for your help! Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
