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Arrtx Acrylic Blue cool

Arrtx Acrylic 71 71 is a light muted blue acrylic marker in the Blue family. It sits in the lighter value range, making it well-suited for pale sky, light water, cloudy sky. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Blue family Cool temperature 67% lightness
Pale skyLight waterCloudy skySoft atmosphereDaylight haze
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
71
Color Family
Blue
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
67%
Saturation
20%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Computed lighter and darker shades from the displayed swatches. Test them on your paper before blending.

Shadow Side
A160
A160 Perceptual L73%
75
75 Perceptual L73%
Current Marker
71
71 Perceptual L74%
Highlight Side
71
71 Perceptual L74%
S46
S46 Perceptual L74%

Works Well With

Highlights
311
311
+12 lightness
43
43
+13 lightness
70
70
+13 lightness
70
70
+13 lightness
Shadows
F66
F66
-12 lightness
38
38
-12 lightness
47
47
-13 lightness
33
33
-13 lightness
Analogous Colors
30
30
15° hue shift
38
38
15° hue shift
31
31
15° hue shift
323
323
15° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

S03
S03
opposite hue
Sa17
Sa17
opposite hue
Sa28
Sa28
opposite hue
C13
C13
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 71 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🧁 Sugar Rush Kitchen
Sunshine yellow, candy pink, sky blue, cherry coral, and cocoa brown.
Cozy
⛽ Desert Gas Station
Bleached tan. Heat shimmer. Rust and old diesel.
Environment
🧺 Laundromat
Tube-lit blue at 11 p.m., dryers tumbling behind a row of orange plastic chairs nobody is in.
Environment
🕊 Sunday Garden Stillness
Sage and powder sky over wet grass before anyone in the house is awake.
Emotional
🎨 Watercolor Airy
Botanical study left to dry on cold-press paper; pigment pooling at the edges and the rest fading to white.
Art Style
🏪 Fluorescent Store
Drugstore tubes humming at 3 a.m.; every face the color of nausea.
Lighting
🌸 Cherry Blossom Rain
Pink petals stuck to rain-darkened concrete the morning after the bloom.
Seasonal
📺 Dreamcore Static
Yellow-green hallway extending past where memory ends; the carpet doesn't repeat and the doors are all wrong.
Emotional

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