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Arrtx Acrylic Blue cool

Arrtx Acrylic 72 72 is a light 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 66% lightness
Pale skyLight waterCloudy skySoft atmosphereDaylight haze
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
72
Color Family
Blue
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
66%
Saturation
33%
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
A433
A433 Perceptual L72%
33
33 Perceptual L73%
Current Marker
72
72 Perceptual L73%
Highlight Side
A71
A71 Perceptual L73%
A71
A71 Perceptual L73%

Works Well With

Highlights
72
72
+12 lightness
43
43
+12 lightness
43
43
+12 lightness
311
311
+13 lightness
Shadows
47
47
-12 lightness
33
33
-12 lightness
33
33
-13 lightness
Q415
Q415
-13 lightness
Analogous Colors
34
34
15° hue shift
65A
65A
15° hue shift
30
30
15° hue shift
76
76
15° hue shift
Complementary Accent

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

C50
C50
opposite hue
18
18
opposite hue
C51
C51
opposite hue
54A
54A
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 72 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

Similar Colors in Blue

39
39
light blue
#9EBED5
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71
light muted blue
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72
72
light muted blue
#95A8B7
80
80
light blue
#A1B2C8
71
71
light muted blue
#9CB2BD
711
711
light blue
#86B0D6
71
71
light muted blue
#9BADB9
71
71
light muted blue
#9BADB9

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