18
#86CEFE
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18

Shuttle Art Acrylic Cool Gray cool

Shuttle Art Acrylic 18 18 is a pale vivid blue acrylic marker in the Cool Gray 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.

Cool Gray family Cool temperature 76% lightness
Pale skyLight waterCloudy skySoft atmosphereDaylight haze
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
18
Color Family
Cool Gray
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
76%
Saturation
98%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

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

Shadow Side
32
32 L75%
33
33 L75%
Current Marker
18
18 L76%

Works Well With

Highlights
103
103
+13 lightness
150
150
+13 lightness
94
94
+13 lightness
211
211
+13 lightness
Shadows
45
45
-12 lightness
57
57
-12 lightness
243
243
-12 lightness
202
202
-13 lightness
Analogous Colors
B26
B26
15° hue shift
Cerulean Blue
Cerulean Blue
15° hue shift
B89
B89
16° hue shift
GM346
GM346
16° hue shift
Complementary Accent

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

25
25
opposite hue
GM208
Brown
opposite hue
GM101
Orange Brown
opposite hue
Brick Brown
Brick Brown
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 18 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🎨 Watercolor Airy
Botanical study left to dry on cold-press paper; pigment pooling at the edges and the rest fading to white.
Art Style
🍭 Cotton Candy
Spun from air and sugar at the fairground — one cloud that actually fits in your hand.
Emotional
⛽ 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
🏪 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 Cool Gray

68
68
pale muted blue
#BEC7CE
207
207
dark blue
#295682
162
162
mid blue
#5C809A
29
29
mid vivid blue
#2EACF9
72
72
pale teal
#9CDBEC
48
48
dark vivid blue
#0098C9
166
166
pale teal
#B0E2ED
232
232
mid gray
#8E979C

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