Charcoal Streamer color changes

[TYRONEEZEKIEL]

So I really would like to build a chart of the desired thicknesses of various charcoal streamer comps (C6-C8,TT,Willow Diadem..etc) For color change stars of various sizes. The charcoal streamers will be the first color displayed, and for simplicity sake, it will only be 1 color change. I know that TT burns surprisingly slow, so it needs a much smaller thickness for the same burn duration than say a C8 star. I feel that a relative burn temp column will be useful too as a guide for matching streamer to color.

 

I think it would also help to have a chart of appropriate follow up colors, for instance, I think that TT to blue is one of the most powerful color change shells out there. However, C8 to green is also very appealing. Now I know that this second chart is really subjective to each person's taste, but I think there is a general consensus of good color combos and I would like to find them.

 

If this thread develops well, I would like to make an article on it. I believe that streamer to color comps are very under utilized, so I'd like to really experiment here and work with em

 

Let me know what you think fellas.

[TYRONEEZEKIEL]

Here is an example of the first chart.

[asdercks]

 

Traditionally, colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel are viewed as "complementary" in that they bring out the best in each other, for example:

 

blue and orange or gold

 

red and green

 

purple and yellow or green

 

hope this helps a little!c

[TYRONEEZEKIEL]

Thanks for putting that, but that's not quite what I'm looking for. I'm talking about the streamer to color comp and their respective burn rates.

[Mumbles]

Thickness is going to depend on how each person prepares the composition. Charcoal source, ball milling or not, particle size if you're not ball milling, etc. It's one of those things you just have to figure out on your own. The ideal burn time will also depend on how hard the shell is broken, which again is a very individual thing.