It’s been a long time since I posted a new Swatch Chart. Let’s fix that! 🎨
Did you know there are 242—EDIT: It’s actually 363 now!—colors of Ohuhu’s Honolulu [brush-tip] markers? No? Well now you do, & this chart is perfect for tracking which ones you do & don’t have! That’s why I made it. 😊
You can find the chart for free on my DeviantArt or Ko-fi Shop, but if you'd like to send a little monetary support my way I do have the Ko-fi listing set as "pay what you want.” ✨ The links have been updated to the latest version of the Chart as of December 2023. This post continues to exist for archival purposes only. ———-
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Whew, it's been quite a while since I've released a new Swatch Chart, after making so many originally! What exactly prompted this one? Well, aside from just wanting to make more, it was function: This Swatch Chart is for the entire* range of Ohuhu's Brush Markers ["Honolulu" as the company calls them]—Not just the 216 set, but also the colors only available in their 36 Skin- and Grey-tone sets, *plus* one color that for reasons unbeknownst to me was only ever released in the old version of the 24 Skintone set, which Ohuhu doesn't sell anymore. In total, that brings us to 242 colors + the colorless blender, which is on the unusual side in art supplies. You may also notice this chart looks a little different from my usual swatch charts. This is because I based this chart design on one I've been using to keep track of my Copic Sketch markers as I slowly build up my collection. This chart exists in a few different variations online, but as far as I can tell, they're all based on the Copic company's own guide to the markers. I simply borrowed what elements I felt were the most useful and used the charts I could find to figure out what size to make the boxes here so they would both all fit on the page and have at least a little size to them for color reference. Really, that's my only problem with any Swatch Chart over 50-70 or so colors (including my own): It gets difficult to have so many colors on the page while also still being useful, so I often have a "tracker" page like this, and then a multi-page set of charts that are a more comfortable size. The single tracker page gets filled in with solid color as I see fit, and then the multiple pages are gradients in some way, since that's what I find most useful. You can fill in the chart however you like, but I thought knowing how I handle mine might be helpful for anyone concerned about how small the boxes might print. Also worth noting: I know there's a lot of tiny text up here, and from an accessibility standpoint, I do apologize for that. I've done my best to balance legibility with functionality, but that's just the downside of squeezing so many swatches onto one page. The Copic charts I was taking notes from all have the same problem. I will also point out that the Color Family names and the diagram showing what the letters and numbers assigned to each marker "mean" are only my best guesses/what I could figure out from looking at the markers themselves. Ohuhu doesn't really have a clear-cut system in the same way that Copic does. There is some logic to how the markers are ordered, especially with colors that were released more recently, but there are just too many "exceptions" to pin down what the proper "rules" for the system might be. At the very least, when I had to separate a color family into two columns for space, I tried to make sure the cut-off wasn't in the middle of colors that actually made sense together. And finally, before I go, Ohuhu is one of few companies that updates their products fairly regularly. I'll do my best to keep this chart up to date alongside the markers [and I've tried to future-proof it a little behind-the-scenes] but just try to be patient if I fall behind at some point—As long as I'm physically able, an update will come, but I'm only human and have other responsibilities outside of swatch charts, y'know?
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Swatch Chart Design © me, MysticSparklewings
I do not own Ohuhu, Copic, and/or any associated logos/trademarks/etc.
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