Setacolor - Transparent & Fluorescent Colors
USE FOR: Heliographic (Sun) Painting, Hand painting, The Serti Technique, Faux Tie-dye, Batik, Spray Bottle Effects
USE ON: Most fabrics
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The Transparent colors allow underlying colors to show through. Use on white or light colored fabrics. When thinned further with water, they are great for the Serti Technique on silk, hassle free tie-dye, spray bottle effects, batik, splatter techniques, and sun painting (also known as Heliographic art). Select colors now available in Liters! Super soft as paints go, with very little feel on the fabric.

What better fun than to take a bunch of kids and shirts (or bandanas, scarves, whatever), spray or sponge this paint (diluted) on, and while wet, lay on some shapes (ferns, leaves, lace, etc.) in the summer sun and watch the magic happen. Adults will like the results so well they will want to do their own so make sure you have enough paint.

This is also one of our best selling fabric paints for hand painting – one of the softest, with concentrated vibrant yet translucent color on white and light colored fabrics. We also have a kit and a starter set for those of you who want to give it a try. For these, just scroll below the main order form.
Stock # Details List Price 1-9 10+
#SETT45 45 ml. (1.5 oz.) $5.25 $3.59 $3.39
#SETT250 250 ml. (9 oz.) $16.90 $11.49 $10.89
#SETTLT 1000 ml. (34 oz.) $53.00 $36.50 $34.50
All prices calculated in US$
Available Colors
TransparentsNameSizesQuant
01 Plum**
02 Indigo**
03 Sky Blue**
04 Lawn Green**
05 Fawn**
11 Cobalt Blue (Primary)
12 Ultramarine
13 Buttercup
14 Velvet Brown
250 ml. (9 oz.) - Sorry, this item is temporarily sold out.
15 Emerald
17 Lemon Yellow (Primary)
18 Pernod Yellow
19 Black Lake
20 Red Ochre
21 Bright Orange
22 Bengale Pink
23 Oriental Red
24 Cardinal Red (Primary)
25 Raw Sienna
26 Vermillion
27 Light Green
28 Moss Green
29 Parma Violet
30 Turquoise
49 Fuchsia
FluorescentsNameSizesQuant
31 Fluo. Yellow**
32 Fluo. Orange**
33 Fluo. Pink**
34 Fluo. Green**
35 Fluo. Blue**
**These colors ONLY available in 45 ml.
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Setacolor Transparent Starter Set
Setacolor Transparent Starter Set Give these fantastic soft fabric paints from France a try (or as a gift!), and enjoy even more savings with this Starter Set.
Stock# Description Quantity List Price Dharma Price
#SETTSS  10 Color Starter Set $44.95 $30.49
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Setacolor Soleil Sun Printing Kit
Setacolor Sun Printing Kit This complete kit contains everything you need to give sun printing a try.
Stock# Quantity List Price Dharma Price
#SSPKIT
$28.95
 $19.95
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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.
Stock# Description Quantity List Price Dharma Price
#SETSSS  Shimmer Starter Set $44.95 $34.25
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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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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!
Stock# Description Quantity List Price Dharma Price
#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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Product Description
The Transparent Colors allow underlying colors to show through. They work especially well on white or light colored fabrics. They are thinner than a lot of fabric paints, but not as thin as so called "silk paints". You can hand paint with them even on the finest of fabrics as they are one of the softest paints we carry (have very little "hand"). When thinned further with water, these are great for the Serti Technique on silk, tie-dye, spray bottle effects, batik, splatter techniques, and sun-painting (heliographic art). The fluorescent colors have the added benefit of glowing under blacklight - great for "scarf dancing"!

The other type of Setacolor, the Opaque Colors cover underlying colors completely, and are use-for-anything-on-anything-in-any-way-you-want fabric paints. Beautiful and versatile.



Setacolor Transparent colors are the paint of choice for Heliographic fabric art - yes, SUN ART. Lay your fabric down outside and sponge on diluted Transparent Setacolor in whatever color patterns you like. Then lay feathers, lace, netting, leaves, precut cardboard, flowers or anything on the fabric and let the sun do the rest. The objects you put on the fabric will leave their impressions. Check out our Sun Painting Start Page for details on sun painting.

Setacolor can also be used for silk screening or stenciling 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 Flowable Fabric 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 Flowable Fabric Paints.
  • Finishing Gold & Silver is used to add a beautiful layer of shimmering, glittering gold or silver to the underlying color.
  • "No Heat" Fixative makes your paints lightfast and washfast without heat setting. (for handpainting. Traditional heat setting better when sunpainting.)
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Product Reviews
Average Rating:  4.67 (3 reviews)
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Reviewed: Thu Apr 10 12:32:39 2008
Very good product, I tried the product out on 100% cotton and the colors turned out beautifully. I heat set them with a hot iron and I had great results. I would recommend them to anyone. They are worth every penny.
Was this review helpful to you? 9 of 10 users found this review helpful.
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Reviewed: Wed Apr 2 14:04:56 2008
I love to use this paint on my silk organza....just wet the silk, scrunch it, dab it with diluted paint, set it in the sun to dry and when you unscrunch it and iron it you have the most beautiful textures on it. Works great on the silk ribbon this way too.
Was this review helpful to you? 7 of 8 users found this review helpful.
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Reviewed: Wed Jul 23 04:19:19 2008
I've used this product for a while now and absolutley love it! I paint outside and pick varies ferns
Was this review helpful to you? 5 of 6 users found this review helpful.

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