166
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166

Shuttle Art Acrylic Cool Gray cool

Shuttle Art Acrylic 166 166 is a pale teal acrylic marker in the Cool Gray family. It sits in the highlight range, making it well-suited for tropical water, turquoise, sea glass. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Cool Gray family Cool temperature 81% lightness
Tropical waterTurquoiseSea glassAqua accentsOcean
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
166
Color Family
Cool Gray
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
81%
Saturation
63%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Cool Gray family — layer from shadow to highlight for smooth gradients.

Current Marker
166
166 L81%
Highlight Side
98
98 L82%
88
88 L83%

Works Well With

Highlights
228
228
+14 lightness
40
40
+15 lightness
43
43
+17 lightness
Shadows
21
21
-13 lightness
89
89
-13 lightness
105
105
-13 lightness
39
39
-13 lightness
Analogous Colors
B27
B27
15° hue shift
B119
Azure Blue
15° hue shift
68
68
15° hue shift
Blue
Blue
15° hue shift
Complementary Accent

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

R32
R32
opposite hue
YR06
YR06
opposite hue
105
105
opposite hue
Fruit Pink
Fruit Pink
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 166 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🧺 Laundromat
Tube-lit blue at 11 p.m., dryers tumbling behind a row of orange plastic chairs nobody is in.
Environment
🎨 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
🏥 Hospital Waiting Room
Institutional aqua walls, vinyl chair mauve, fluorescent hum — time moves differently here.
Environment
🍭 Cotton Candy
Spun from air and sugar at the fairground — one cloud that actually fits in your hand.
Emotional
♎ Libra Scales
Rose gold in one pan, soft aqua in the other — the moment just before the needle stops.
Zodiac
🏜 Sandy Dune
Warm bleached sand rolling up toward a pale, hazy sky.
Beachy

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72
72
pale teal
#9CDBEC
148
148
pale vivid teal
#B4F4FD
205
205
mid muted teal
#77959D
67
67
mid teal
#73A7B4
75
75
dark teal
#3C8190
18
18
pale vivid blue
#86CEFE
48
48
dark vivid blue
#0098C9
68
68
pale muted blue
#BEC7CE

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