Saugerman Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 I could use a little help with the color bone. I have made it before, but not really satisfied with my outcome, Is it white with a little yellow, or a little tan color, or maybe a few drops of black? I would love to hear your version. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saugerman Posted June 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 I'll be spraying the bone on some wiggle wart blanks, Just need a little help getting the color right.. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglinarcher Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Biggest problem is that bone is not a color that everyone agrees on. Your bone is not always my bone. You might do a search on the sight but in the end, it might be best to post a picture of the color you want. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonah Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 I'm using this for bone. All of my friends are happy with it. https://www.mckenziesp.com/WCO1151-P12941.aspx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGagner Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Well, this is going to be a probably different suggestion but I'll throw it out anyway. When I portrait paint and want to make a flesh tone you start with a fair amount of white, mix in some yellow, a little red and a touch of blue. With that you get a flesh tone depending on the amounts you used. varying the colors you can get almost any fesh (tannish) color you want from nearly white to ebony. I would think bone is in there someplace. One thing we don't do with portraits is mix some white with brown as you only get light to dark brown in the process, and that's all it is, a shade of brown. And black is a no-no. It just ends up muddying the color. black is used for black, not for darkening colors. Here's a link to an online color mixer. You can use it to mix any colors in any combination. Try 11 parts white, 3 yellow, 1 red, and 1 blue. You'll get a bone color. Vary the yellows, reds, and blues, and you'll see you can do any shade of bone you want. When mixing paints you can use the same combinations in an airbrush and get similar results. Well, that was different! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 I think you have to definitely define bone color. As a bass angler I typically think of colors in regards to historical and not some modern day take on things. So many things get twisted and defined for various reasons whether it is a color, hunting actions, etc... I think of the late 80's (?) when bone started to "pop" up because of the Rebel Pop R dominance (again) in the bass fishing scene. Modified Pop R's were dominating many of the tourneys on the TVA lakes. Bone was the color that guys started to emulate because paint and topcoats flaked off the plastic baits and exposed the raw material. The creamy off white plastic color hidden under the paint was the goal. I would buy dozens of baits and scrape/sand finish off those baits right out of the package while sitting in my dorm room and manage to get rid of them every few weeks at the boat ramps to make a buck or two. White is of course the base color. Yes you can mix the primary colors together (above) to get various shades of brown or you can mix a primary and its complimentary color or you can add "brown" With all the colors of paints available you can get very close to bone off the shelf and then just add to shift the hue. Historically most used white with a few drops of an opaque yellow then adjusted with translucent brown to get the color dialed in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saugerman Posted June 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Thanks to all who replied to my request about bone color. I appreceiate the help. Also that color mixer is a great help. You can see what your mix will look like before wasting any of your own paint. I found all replies helpful. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killntime Posted June 9, 2020 Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 I use white with a few drops of yellow ochre ( basically a yellow brown) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteSS Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 I think this is a pretty classic bone. River2Sea is much more yellow 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglinarcher Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 On 6/8/2020 at 5:38 PM, Saugerman said: Thanks to all who replied to my request about bone color. I appreceiate the help. Also that color mixer is a great help. You can see what your mix will look like before wasting any of your own paint. I found all replies helpful. Thanks again. Don't take the color mixer programs too seriously. The computer screen never gives the exact color so what you see is not what you get. It is close, but you will need to tweak it some more in reality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglinarcher Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 22 hours ago, MonteSS said: I think this is a pretty classic bone. River2Sea is much more yellow And my "ideal" bone would be half way in between. LOL Go figure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGagner Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 And the fish is thinking..... nope that's not my shade of bone... nope not that one.... nope..... nope..... nope.... Ah! I've found it!... STRIKE! Does anyone ever really wonder about us sometime? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglinarcher Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 All the time. LOL Go to a wall of soft baits at your local fishing store and you will notice 50 colors advertised, some so close to each other that without the writing on the package you can't tell them apart. But, fisherman want this one, not that one. Go figure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaugeenDrifter Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Great topic, thanks for posting, thanks for the paintmixer page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
