Rising Star: Effetre 039 Dark Violet Transparent

Effetre has been putting out new transparent purple shades quite a bit in the last
few years, and I think they finally hit on a definite winner with this deep,
saturated purple. It’s several levels darker than the relatively new Ink Blue
Violet (058V, supposedly an Effetre Odd).

I was confused when this color came out
(with its sister 041 Light Violet) - Effetre had released the Ink Blue line of
colors not too long before, and they are all really lovely. In fact, 041 Light
Violet is almost exactly the same shade as Ink Blue Violet. Confused? It gets
better, I promise.

I was actually very pleasantly surprised when I first got this color several months
ago, because it is really saturated - a spacer made out of this color would appear
almost black. But pull this gorgeous glass into stringer and you have purple at
its most royal.

This transparent color is relatively stiff - slightly stiffer than other
transparents in the same line. It’s got great clarity, though - I haven’t
experienced much bubbling or scumming at all. It also has no reactive or striking
qualities that I have seen. Just a great deep transparent color - deeper than any
of the other purples out there in anything close to 104 coe that I have seen.

Layer this glass over Pastel Ink Blue (aka Light Lavender Blue, #247) for a rich
purple. Encase that with any of the transparent lavenders or clear to lighten it
up for a great grapey base.

Effetre may be coming out with a gazillion different purples, but who cares when
they are all so gorgeous! This one is my fave so far.