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Shuttle Art Acrylic Cool Gray cool

Shuttle Art Acrylic 226 226 is a deep vivid purple acrylic marker in the Cool Gray family. It sits in the darker value range, making it well-suited for deep shadows, bruises, gothic darks. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Cool Gray family Cool temperature 27% lightness
Deep shadowsBruisesGothic darksDark fantasyDramatic depth
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
226
Color Family
Cool Gray
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
27%
Saturation
100%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Works Well With

Highlights
48
48
+12 lightness
75
75
+13 lightness
208
208
+13 lightness
50
50
+14 lightness
Shadows
10
10
-13 lightness
Analogous Colors
62
62
15° hue shift
V44
V44
16° hue shift
R714
Lavender
16° hue shift
114
114
16° hue shift
Complementary Accent

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

86
86
opposite hue
Metallic Apple Green
Metallic Apple Green
opposite hue
G279
Grass Green
opposite hue
224
224
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 226 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🌿 Fantasy Forest
Ancient canopy. Bioluminescent dusk. Living shadow.
Environment
🌊 Ferry Window Ride
Foggy teal water past a smudged window; the city behind you fading into mauve.
Emotional
🌑 Empty Chair at Dusk
Last light through gauze curtains across a chair no one is going to sit in.
Emotional
🗡 Dark Fantasy
Throne-room shadow cut by gold leaf catching one torch the rest of the room can't reach.
Art Style
🔮 Blacklight
UV club lighting swallowing the edges of the room — only the white shirts survive.
Lighting
🎃 Halloween Candy
Porch light on a bowl of orange wrappers; witch-purple sky and somebody's footsteps on the walk.
Seasonal
🏭 Sodium Vapor
Industrial estate after midnight; every surface the same yellow-orange except the shadows — which are violet-black.
Lighting
🌿 Haunted Greenhouse
Cracked panes and vines that moved when nobody was looking.
Environment

Similar Colors in Cool Gray

158
158
pale vivid purple
#DAB0F5
28
28
mid purple
#9A62C3
87
87
deep green
#3E5C2A
76
76
dark teal
#38746C
207
207
dark blue
#295682
62
62
light indigo
#8E78DC
149
149
pale indigo
#C9C1F0
114
114
light purple
#B599BF

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