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Mixing your own clay gives you the freedom to create custom colors tailored to your artistic vision. In this post, we’ll explore how to blend a unique dark puce shade. This deep, muted purplish-brown color adds a sophisticated and warm touch to any clay project. Follow along as we guide you through the steps to achieve this rich, earthy tone.

Dark puce color sculpey souffle

Supplies

Polymer Clay

Polymer clay comes in a variety of colors. To mix the color Dark Puce you will need the colors Canary Yellow, Cornflower Blue and Cherry Pie Red in the Sculpey Souffle brand.

Sculpey Soufflé Polymer Clay - Cornflower Blue

Nice vibrant blue that you can use as is or for color mixing.

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Sculpey Soufflé Polymer Clay - Canary Yellow

Great yellow color for making polymer clay earrings.

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Sculpey Soufflé Polymer Clay - Cherry Pie

Nice vibrant red for polymer clay earrings.

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Condition the Clay

To condition the clay you will need an acrylic roller or my preferred method is using a pasta machine for clay.

MARCATO 8342 Atlas Pasta Roller for Clay

A pasta roller makes it easy to condition your polymer clay. It also helps achieve a consistent thickness of your clay when creating earrings.

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Acrylic Clay Roller Polymer Clay Tool

An Acrylic roller is a helpful tool to condition out your clay and make it more pliable and easier to work with.

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Color Recipe

Color mixing recipe for dark puce sculpey souffle polymer clay
  • 8 parts – Sculpey Souffle Cornflower Blue
  • 1 part – Sculpey Souffle Canary Yellow
  • 1 part – Sculpey Souffle Cherry Pie