Passion Purple from Thompson Enamel, that is.
I can't seem to mast this color. There are a couple rules of thumb when it comes to glass enamels: oranges react with copper and become dingy, reds and some purples react with silver to become dingy.
Case and point, the picture of my balloon pendant that never made it out of "process" and into "finished pieces." That camo-green color at the top of the pedant is actually Passion Purple... and you can tell from my picture of the color sample that Passion Purple is not a yucky green but actually a very nice lavender color.
The way to avoid this reactivity is to lay down a non-reactive enamel underneath so that the reactive color does not touch the metal. However, no matter how much clear enamel I lay down underneath the Passion Purple always turns on me. So touchy!
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