Well....bright in colour anyway. As per suggestion by a friend I thought I'd give VanAken Matte Magenta Tempera a try...on Blue! I used Blue Metallic clay by Fimo...well the one with the sparkles. Have had it for a while so can't remember the name on the package. For these beads I've also used bits of clay that I used my mixture of crackle on (april 2008 issue of polymercafe). Anyway...the whole thing does look a lot more like purple than blue, probably due to the visual effect of magenta and blue together....