Reactives in Action

Reactives can be very visually interesting when combined with non-reactives.  Notice the edges between the blue and the white in each of the examples below - there is a fine line of grayish-brown.  This is the telltale line of the reaction between the two colors.

Slumped plate -  blue, cyan and irid blue with white and French vanilla square.

This slumped plate is a combination of whites, French vanilla and different blues.  The cyan and light cyan react with the French vanilla, but the other blues do not seem to result in the same reaction. 

Slumped plate -  blue, cyan and irid blue with white and French vanilla square.

It does not matter weather the cyan is on the French vanilla or if the French vanilla is on the cyan, the reaction is the same.  Notice, however, in the upper left hand corner of the square above, that the French Vanilla appears to be whiter around the edges, as if there has been a different type of reaction with the powder blue color. 

Slumped plate -  blue, cyan and irid blue with white and French vanilla square.

That same "brighter white also appears to show on the French vanilla square above, even though there is a brown reactive layer outside of that, between the French vanilla square and the cyan underneath.  If you look closely at all of the fuses where French vanilla is on the top, there is a bright white exterior ring - more research needed to understand what is chemically happening here!!