Setacolor - Opaque & Pearlescent Colors
USE FOR: Painting on colored and dark fabrics, adding metallic highlights, stenciling, screen printing, block printing
USE ON: Most fabrics
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Setacolor Opaque & Pearlescent Colors are truly opaque to give good coverage on dark fabrics and the pearlescent colors are gorgeous! One of the softest opaque/pearlescent paints we have ever tried. Check out their new Rich Shimmer Gold #62! It is really fantastic!
Stock # Details List Price 1-9 10+
#SETOP45 45 ml. (1.5 oz.) $5.25 $3.89 $3.59
#SETOP250 250 ml. (9 oz.) $18.50 $13.49 $12.69
#SETOPLT 1000 ml. (34 oz.) $59.00 $41.95 $39.95
All prices calculated in US$
Available Colors
Opaque ColorsNameSizesQuant
10 Titanium White
11 Cobalt Blue (Primary)
12 Orange**
13 Buttercup
14 Velvet Brown
15 Oriental Red**
17 Lemon Yellow (Primary)
18 Garnet**
19 Black Lake
20 Royal Blue**
21 Indigo**
22 Rose Bengale
24 Spring Green**
25 Sienna*
26 Vermillion
27 Light Green
29 Parma Violet
32 Aniseed Green**
50 Cherry (Primary)
51 Sanguine*
52 Fawn*
53 Chamois**
55 Greengold**
56 Oriental Blue*
57 Cornflower (Primary)
Pearl. ColorsNameSizesQuant
44 Pearl White
45 Pearl Gold
47 Pearl Copper*
60 Pearl Silver
61 Shimmer Canary*
62 Rich Shimmer Gold**
63 Brick Red**
64 Oriental Red*
65 Purple*
66 Wine**
67 Plum**
69 Electric Blue*
72 Bronze**
73 Ash**
74 Chocolate**
79 Jet Black**
*These colors NOT available in or 1000 ml.
**These colors NOT available in 250 ml. 1000 ml.
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Setacolor Shimmer Starter Set
Setacolor Shimmer Starter Set 10 wonderful Shimmer colors for an amazing price! Fall in love with them as countless others have done.
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#SETSSS  Shimmer Starter Set $44.95 $34.25
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Versatex "No Heat" Fixative
noimage If you don't want to heat set your fabric paints then instead add a small amount (1-3%) of this fixative to your paint. Apply as usual and let sit for 5 days. Wash out excess paint as usual. Done!
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#VFIX4  4 oz. $7.99 $7.19
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#VFIX16  16 oz. $17.99 $16.99
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#VFIXGAL  Gallon $119.00 $111.99
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Setacolor - Lightening Medium
noimage Mix with Setacolor Fabric Paints to lighten them without making them more fluid. Can also be thinned with water.
3.7 oz. (110 ml) bottle
Stock# Description Quantity Price
#SETC110  Lightening Medium 110 ml. $5.25
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Setacolor - Thickener
noimage Use this to thicken Setacolor Flowable Fabric Paints.
Stock# Description Quantity Price
#SETTH110  110 ml. (4 oz.) $5.25
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Setacolor Expandable "Puff" Medium
noimage Gives you a puffy, raised effect with Setacolor Soleil fabric paints. Apply to fabric, paper etc. Let dry, then color with Setacolor. After 30 minutes of drying time, expand by ironing on the reverse side or by using a hair dryer or Heat Gun. Resistant to washing after fixing.
Stock# Description Quantity Price
#SETPM  110 ml (3.7 oz) $5.25
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Setacolor Finishing Gold & Silver
noimage Paint these over any dry fabric paint and heatset to add a beautiful layer of shimmering, glittering gold or silver to the underlying color.
Stock# Description Quantity Price
#SETFG  Gold - 110ml (3.7oz.) $5.25
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#SETFS  Silver - 110ml (3.7oz.) $5.25
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Product Description
The Opaque Colors cover underlying colors and are use-for-anything-on-anything-in-any-way-you-want fabric paints. Beautiful and versatile. Truly opaque to give great coverage on dark fabrics. Work well on denim too. The metallics are gorgeous! One of the softest (not plastic feeling) opaque/metallic paints we have tried. Hand paint with them, print with our beautiful copper tjaps, stencil, silk screen, block print or any other technique where you need a medium consistency opaque fabric paint. The metallics are wonderful for hi-lights on your dyed silks. Great as the final touch with some "complex cloth" techniques. Unlike heavier opaque paints, these sink into the fabric more and don't peel off when washed.

The other type of Setacolor, the Transparent Colors allow underlying colors to show through. These are thinner and great for the Serti Technique on silk, tie-dye, spray bottle effects, batik, splatter techniques, and sun-painting (heliographic art).



Setacolor can also be used as silk screening silk when thickened with 2% to 5% thickener.

Drying: Air dry for at least 1 hour before heat fixing.
Fixing: Three possibilities : with an iron (cotton position), for 5 minutes, on the reverse side of the fabric; in the oven, for 5 minutes at 300°F (300°C) (stabilized temperature), or curing for several days after mixing in our No Heat Fixative.
Caring: after fixing, the colors resist machine washing at 40°C (100°F) and dry cleaning.

OTHER STUFF:

  • Lightening Medium is used to lighten Setacolor Paints without making them thinner.
  • Thickener is used to to thicken Setacolor Flowable Fabric Paints.
  • Expandable "Puff" Medium gives you a puffy, raised effect with Setacolor Fabric Paints.
  • Finishing Gold & Silver is used to add a beautiful layer of shimmering, glittering gold or silver over the top of the underlying color.
  • "No Heat" Fixative makes your paints lightfast and washfast without heat setting.
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Product Reviews
Average Rating:  4.00 (3 reviews)
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Reviewed: Wed Apr 2 14:08:35 2008
I've only used the opaque paint once and it worked very well, covering the dark colored fabric I used it on. What I really like are the pearlescent colors. They give just a touch of sheen or "pearl" tone to the fabric, it looks great!! Once heatset it washes well and retains its "glow".
Was this review helpful to you? 7 of 7 users found this review helpful.
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Reviewed: Thu Dec 25 14:44:11 2008
These are wonderful paints. I use them in all my fabric painting projects. I have tried other fabric paints but none work as good as these for me. Love them.
Was this review helpful to you? 3 of 3 users found this review helpful.
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Reviewed: Mon Jul 27 20:54:36 2009
I used the pearl and the opaque colors for my fist silk-painting project. I painted a 8m habotai scarf, and while the colors were very beautiful, it had a very stiff "feel," almost like ripstop. I do not know if this is because I put too much paint on the scarf, or if the silk was just too light weight. In any case, pretty colors, very wash-fast, and not a bad price... I'll continue to try them out on other fabric to see if they work.
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