Colorful Jump Ring Mixes for Chainmaille Jewelry

Mix Multiple Hues of Brilliant Anodized Aluminum to Create Fashionable Color Palettes

For many years we sold pre-made mixes of our Anodized Aluminum jump rings. Now, we’re sharing our exact “recipes” with you, so you can make your own mixes. Feel free to play adjust color quantities to make the palettes more pleasing to you!

If you’re not sure how to use the “percent” and “ratio” columns, see the explanation at the bottom of this post. Math is fun! Math is useful!

UPDATE Oct 18 2017: The Unicorn and Blossom enameled copper mixes are now included.

Berry
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	violet	31	4
	turquoise	31	4
	purple	15	2
	blue	15	2
	pink	8	1

Blossom (Enameled Copper)
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	pink	36	4
	violet	18	2
	seafoam	18	2
	lavender	18	2
	yellow	10	1

Dragon
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	aluminum	10	1
	black	15	1.5
	green	30	3
	iridescent gunmetal	15	1.5
	lime	30	3

Earth
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	blue	22	5.5
	turquoise	22	5.5
	green	32	8
	brown	20	5
	gold	4	1

Fire
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	red	34	2
	orange	34	2
	gold	16	1
	yellow	16	1

Merlin
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	purple	33	2
	violet	33	2
	iridescent gunmetal	17	1
	gold	17	1

Metallic
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	aluminum	20	1
	black	20	1
	iridescent gunmetal	20	1
	brown	20	1
	gold	20	1

Peacock Feathers
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	turquoise	38	3
	violet	18	1.5
	green	18	1.5
	purple	13	1
	gold	13	1

Persian
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	red	38	3
	orange	18	1.5
	gold	18	1.5
	brown	13	1
	black	13	1

Rock On!
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	pink	29	2
	black	29	2
	violet	14	1
	iridescent gunmetal	14	1
	aluminum	14	1

Sky
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	blue	22	1
	turquoise	45	2
	aluminum	33	1.5

Unicorn (Enameled Copper)
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	non-tarnish silver	56	5
	ice blue	11	1
	seafoam	11	1
	peacock OR dark peacock	11	1
	pink	11	1

Water
	Color	Percent	Approx Ratio
	blue	38	1.5
	turquoise	38	1.5
	purple	24	1

How To Use Percent and Approximate Ratio Columns To Determine How Many Rings You Need

You can approach making mixes in two ways, either using percent or ratios.

Percent – Use percent when you know the final quantity of rings you need. If you need 100 rings total for your piece, then you can simply use the numbers in the percent column as-is, because they add up to 100. If you need a different number, whether that is fewer or more, then multiple the total number needed by each percent. If your calculator doesn’t have percent function, then put a decimal in front of the number in the percent column.

Example: You need 230 colored rings to make a Rondo a la Byzantine bracelet and you’d like to use Peacock Feathers mix. Look at the percent figures in the table above. The first color is turquoise, which is 38%.

turquoise = 230 x 0.38 = 87.4

therefore, you need 87 turquoise rings. (You can follow normal rounding rules to eliminate fractions of rings … but honestly, 1 or 2 rings more or fewer in one particular color isn’t going to make a noticeable difference)

violet = 230 x 0.18 = 41.4

and so on, to determine the rest of the color quantities:

green = 41
purple = 30
gold = 30

Ratio – Using ratio is sometimes more straightforward for people who don’t like dealing with percentages. With this formula, you start with the color you need the least of (designated by a “1” in the Approximate Ratio column). Your starting color is your base. For other colors, multiply the ratio number by the base to determine how many to use.

Example: Let’s say you want to make Peacock Feathers mix. You only have 20 gold rings remaining in your stash, and you’d like to use them all. Gold is “1” in the ratio column, therefore, 1 = 20, and you’ll multiply other colors’ ratios by 20.

Purple has the same ratio (1), and so you need 20 purple rings as well.

Green and violet are each 1.5
1.5 x 20 = 30
therefore you need 30 of each green and violet rings

turquoise is 3
3 x 20 = 60
so you need 60 turquoise rings

Ta-da!

We hope these recipes are useful to you so you can continue to create Blue Buddha color mixes for your jewelry!