If you haven’t had to play bingo with your hex chart….you might be an anomaly! Ha! As the creator of the Copic Hex Chart, I’ve gotten a few emails asking me where a particular color is. Sometimes even irate emails saying I “missed” a color! Nope nope. I didn’t miss any – they’re with their VISUAL neighbors, not the letter or number you expect them to be near!
While making up a new chart – I wanted to have an apples to apples comparison to see if my 3 year old chart had faded – I shot some video so I could show you where some of the colors are, and talk a little about how the chart was created. And its unavoidable imperfections!
Video
Watch the video below or click HERE to view on YouTube.
How do YOU use your hex chart? I’d love it if you’d leave comments for other people who’d like to know how the chart can be utilized in coloring. You can leave them on this post, or on the video, or as a Review on the website – which might be one of the best places, since folks visiting there are really close to making the decision about whether or not they need one.
A request: If you post a pic of your hex chart, please do only post a section, shoot photos at an angle, etc. There are people constantly causing me headaches as I have to chase down photos that allow for theft of my copyrighted chart; it’s not that I am a pain by doing so, but if I don’t pursue offenders of my copyright and insist on removal of the images – or worse yet bring my lawyer in to pursue it – then I can lose my rights to owning it. So….I kinda have to come and message you if I see you post something you ought not do. The pics in this post are great ideas for ways you can post it without causing problems!
My chart is kept inside a notebook – you could put it on a clipboard with a piece of paper over it to protect it from the light, then you don’t have to worry about it fading for a long time. These inks WILL fade though, it’s one reason not a lot of people do fine art projects with Copics – they aren’t lightfast.
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How can I buy a hex color chart for Copic markers?
Hi Janet! Those are now sold over on my teaching site where everything else is: https://art-classes.com/hexcharts/
I love the chart. I was considering creating my own until I found yours. Thank you for dealing with the nervous breakdown of creating this chart. I haven’t purchased it yet because of a tiny concern. Because you have a copyright on the chart, I won’t be able to get it printed without written permission.
Yes you should be fine; you can print your receipt to take it with you if you’re concerned. 🙂 Or have me call them. lol.
As a card maker I find the hex chart useful to find a copic color that coordinates well with the color of card stock I’m using. The chart helps me choose blending groups and shading colors. The chart makes it a breeze to quickly find the perfect color. Best tool ever
I have the Polychromos Hex chart and I love it, I printed and coloured the chart on different kind of papers as well as on acetate so I can read the numbers on the darker colours and on the black paper I printed the chart on !
When I’m colouring with my pencils I have lay it by my side so I can always look at it when searching for a colour that is a little lighter or to shadow etc..
I keep them in a folder, so the colors stay nice and the charts stay clean.
A Tip for my fellow crafters:
If you are coloring on paper you didn’t use for your hex chart but plan to use a lot, print a hex chart on that same paper and color only the hexagons with the colors you use to color your image. Next time you work with a different image on that paper, take out your hex chart and color the hexagons with the colors you’re using. This way you don’t have to color the whole hex chart at once.
And I didn’t play bingo with my first chart, I coloured by number and not in order as they are in my wooden case.
Thank you so much for the video, stay safe and have a wonderful day.
I honestly didn’t use my chart much until CoVid and I started taking lots of virtual classes. Often instructors would mention their favorite blends for one color or another so I would look to my chart to see what was close. I have also limited the number of Copics that I have (so many of my stamping stores where I used to get them refilled have closed now) because I need to buy my own refills, so I very often need the chart to see what, from my limited (120+) stash that I can use for shading. This chart has become one of my most often used tools and I recommend it highly. Thanks, Sandy!
I use my chart ALL the time. I look at the color I want as the main one and then look around it to see what would be a darker and lighter match for the shading. I even started storing them in that configuration so that it’s easier to find the colors I want. This is one of my MUST haves when someone askes about my Copics.
I use my hex chart quite often – and I’m always amazed that you were able to get all those colors organized as well as you did! I wouldn’t think of complaining because I couldn’t find a color. I know they’re all there – and I don’t have them all, so that’s another reason I need your chart. I have around 250 Copic markers which, (I think), is plenty for an amateur card maker… It’s just a hobby, after all – a way to spend a pleasant afternoon or evening, making a card for a friend or cards for all my friends and relatives at Christmas time. As I always say, “Who has more fun than card makers?!”
I have ordered a hex chart by check and online and have not received either. Please help
Hi Sue! I emailed you when your check arrived – the chart is in your account at https://art-classes.com/my-account
Hope that helps! I’ll email you this same link.