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Are you a paper crafter?

Do you love color and use various inks for stamping, card making and scrapbooking?

Here’s an easy resource list of color charts, swatches and color combos created with some of my favorite ink brands in mind.

These are either company generated or craft blogger created as noted.

Concord & 9th Dye Inks

Full color chart, updated to include the new 2025 Color Release:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0819/6305/files/C9_Color_Collection_Spectrum_e75f7897-f54a-4064-937e-c4580f6cdc93.pdf?v=1744211781

This does not provide a full chart of all their current colors but does link to some great color combos:

https://concordand9th.com/pages/itc-color-2023-class-printables

Catherine Pooler Designs

Visit CPD and the site will prompt you to join their email mailing list and this is how you can receive color wheels for both her Spa and Party dye ink collections. Love these!

https://shop.catherinepooler.com/

Altenew

Altenew’s Color Chart reference page for their complete collection of color including Crisp Dye, Fresh Dye and Pigment Inks, Watercolors, Alcohol Markers and More.

https://altenew.com/pages/color-swatches?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22725956068&gbraid=0AAAAADSBZWujNv3NoZ9v_7MUdUxFGY5sh&gclid=Cj0KCQjw64jDBhDXARIsABkk8J64tNyNUyi-iwDXcCY4v1T0rlq7iLh3ERN1Q0JKJIZm_ibn7uJjlhsaAq_GEALw_wcB

Altenew’s Fresh Dye Ink Color Chart featuring 196 ink colors.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0388/7541/files/Altenew_Color_Swatches_New_Fresh_Dye_Ink_Colored_d7b7b0fb-574f-4842-9815-0024f3a25170.pdf?v=1742533310

Altenew’s complete Crisp Dye Ink Color Chart featuring 150 ink colors.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0388/7541/files/Altenew_Color_Swatches_Crisp_Dye_Inks_Colored_542fa04c-c173-4d94-9699-4ed0cdd178d2.pdf?v=1638845224

Check out Altenew’s Color Inspiration single page reference which includes 34 custom color palettes to spark your crafting creativity.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0388/7541/files/Color_Inspiration_Swatches_Single_Page.pdf?v=1729070080

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Inky and Stamp’s site features each Distress Ink color with multiple variations of blended palettes for each color. So helpful 🙂 A fantastic idea and thorough effort.

https://inkyandstampy.com/handy-resources/distress-ink-and-oxide-colour-combinations/

For printable Distress Ink charts and labels visit Lou Collins Crafts

https://loucollinscrafts.com/distress-ink-colour-combination-gallery/distress-ink-labels-chart/

Gina K Designs

Visit Mindy Eggen Design for video tutorials that feature blending with Gina K’s dye inks and sample color combos

https://mindyeggendesign.com/2021/03/31/ultimate-ink-blending-guide-featuring-gina-k-designs-inks/?amp=1

Pinkfresh Studios

Following is a website post from 2019 that evaluates and shares Pinkfresh Studio’s release of 48 of their Premium Dye Inks. I could not fine a printable chart reference for Pinkfresh Studios ink line but I did find this blog featuring color swatches. I like how she presents her information and displays swatches for these 48 ink colors. Currently Pinkfresh has 72 colors having had another release in 2023 with 24 new colors.

Check out her blog! Her cards and photography are beautiful.

https://www.ivanacreates.com/2019/10/pinkfresh-studio-ink-pad-release-blog.html

And last but not least…

Kristina Werner at K Werner Design has a very creative and thorough set of color combos for the winter holiday season AND they feature inks from each of the following ink families for each of her Ink Color Guides: Simon Says Stamp, Concord & 9th, Gina K Designs, My Favorite Things, Pinkfresh Studios, Hero Arts, Altenew, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink!

https://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/wp-content2/uploads/2021/10/2021_InkCombosGuide_Holiday.pdf

Also if you’re just interested in the basics of color and a general guide to the color wheel and color theory, check out Art in Context:

https://artincontext.org/color-wheel/

This list is just a start! If you have any links that you have found that offer printable color references for crafter inks, please let me know! I’d love to check them out and add them here.