My Scraps mer tail is all neon colors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Momo
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My Scraps mer tail is all neon colors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Momo
I saw a black tail used in a fashion video and she was striking. I think it was a Mertailor.
I would love to have a black tail. Or an iridescent white tail.
I think the term that wouldn't bother anyone is "rare." What colors are rare to see in a tail? I don't think I've seen a pure white tail. My guess is that white might be more see through, so while it's a nice color (I'm all about winter white! And anytime whitel,) it's not a practical one.
I also notice that many mermen tend to lean towards greys, blacks and more earthy tones. Of course many choose bright colors too, but it seems they also choose natural colors more often then mermaids do.
It's also not often that I see a really red tail. Women usually love to wear red (the red dress, red bikini, and red lipstick have very intense feminine symbolism), so it's interesting that red is not common in tails. My theory is that mermaiding brings out the softer more girly feminine side, so pinks and bright flowery colors are often go tos. Though I would love to see a sexy vavoom Jessica Rabbit style tail!
It seems there is consensus that blue is one of the most common colors. I think most of us mermaids always love blue because it is the color of the ocean. It's one of my favorites for sure! But I wouldn't choose it for a tail because I see blue tails have a tendency to disappear into the blue of the water in photos. The contrast of pinks and oranges against the big blue is more dynamic.
my mertailor tail is black with gold & grey.
I have several white tails, 2 mostly black tails, and quite a few white-black striped tails :D
It's true you don't see many of those.
I've also never seen anyone besides me who was a watersnake (with no fluke), so I guess I made all the unpopular choices :lol:
I saw your new tail on the Mertailor's facebook. Nice design I thought it was a very striking looking merman tail! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Merman Apollo
I think the only colour of tail I haven't seen yet is solid skin-colour
I mean blended waists and stuff are pretty popular, but I'm talking the same skin-colour from waist to fluke tips.
But I think it could definitely look killer if done right
In the future, I think I'd really want an iridescent black tail
Hahaa! I was thinking of a skin color tail but skin color is difficult to match. I saw skin tone lycra at Remnant warehouse, but it was too light for my skin. Then on the next page, they had, flesh tone and it was too dark!Quote:
Originally Posted by MerChemi
I forgot about this site: https://mermaidtailcollection.wordpress.com/
It is useful for seeing lots of different tails and you can search them by color, etc.
You're right, that is a rarity. I've seen a few fabric ones (maybe like 3 I think?). I've seen few latex ones too, but they weren't swimmable - they were full body suits (I guess they were fetish images, that was way back in the Seatails days). But no silicone ones that I've seen for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by MerChemi
0nce my fur friend t01d me t0 make a tai1 that was a c010r 0utside 0f the visib1e spectrum
What color is outside the visible spectrum?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fun123joker
I'm not a fan of the neon colours.. They are just not for me. I do like dark colours though :)
Neon colors are nice. Sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Water Phoenix
Though not when all one wants to do is hide in the pool. Then neons become a gigantic beacon to all at the surface!
That's nice :) Since I am tanned, neon colours just won't suit me but they would suit my sister since she's really pale :)
Infrared and ultraviolet are colors outside of humans' visible spectrum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Jaffa
Using colors outside the visible spectrum won't make the tail invisible. It would be the color of the substrate, so in the case of Dragonskin, it would be a milky whitish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fun123joker
Also, using numbers in the place of letters is incredibly annoying. Save that shit for Twitter.
It's been my experience that neon colors look best on people with deeper skin tones. Pale people are overpowered by neon/flourescent colors.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Water Phoenix
her keyboard broke and that's why she's using numbers instead of letters.
I don't see a lot of pink tails. of course there's a few of them, I had one a few years back, but they're not quite as common as I expected.
Oops! My bad!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Mystery
I've always wanted to see someone in a 'see thought' or 'not pigmented' tail.
I'd like to see someone in a see through tail but with muscles and ligaments painted on. Like those T-Shirts or swimsuits, that have the body's muscles painted on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashton
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Originally Posted by Mermaid Jaffa
OOOoooOoooo that is a neat idea!
I wonder if anyone's made a purposely camouflaged tail. I know some blue tails accidentally blend into the water, but I imagine if you were amazing at picking fabrics, painting your tail, and found a crazy talented photographer you could look like a floating torso. That would be very interesting
I have seen camo spandex fabric used for a tail. I cant recall who made it.
All of my tails are black, though they are accented with other colors on the fluke. I've found that black has a tendency to 'erase' details; you can see my scale patterns in most pictures, so it just looks like a flat black surface. Plus side! Dirt doesn't show up all that much on my tail, which is nice. My cats' fur on the other hand....
Ive seen a few white tails, and I always adore them! I haven't seen many pink of pastel tails, but if I remember correctly Momo is making a tail with both that looks gorgeous.
They make underwater camo neoprene wetsuits for spearfishing...Quote:
Originally Posted by MerChemi
x2 Recently I discovered that they have camo spearfishing wetsuits. Some of them are really pretty!
Here is one in action (it would work better without the black bottoms)
http://mernetwork.com/index/attachme...id=35797&stc=1
Then check out this beautiful one! I love the colors!
http://www.amazon.com/Riffe-1-5mm-Di...s=camo+wetsuit
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Originally Posted by Mermaid Alea
There are dudes that are always spearfishing by my house, and they always have brownish camo color wetsuits on. A tail made with the wetsuit material like the one you posted would be beautiful! And if you added glitter or sequins to it... oh god... *drools* lol
Wow!! So much yes! And makes realistic sende
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Very nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mermaid Alea
My current tail, "Spot", is a red tail fashioned after the colors of a red drum/channel bass, state fish of NC (I'm an NC merman). My next tail, "Freckles", will be a black tail with abalone highlights in the pattern of a bobtail squid.
Tail ideas I haven't seen yet:
denim mermaid tail !
mermaid tail made out of jacket patches /quilting
mermaid tail made out of playing cards
Mermaid tail made out of beach trash
WALL PAPER MERMAID TAIL!
Mermaid tail made out of stolen office supplies! lol
(most of these ideas are in no way realistic)
I kinda ran away with the idea of mermaid tails made with random things... hence wall paper, and stolen office supplies... lol
https://amberjchilders.files.wordpre...me-mermaid.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Ashton
it would be cool to make it out of jeans, then you can have pockets!!!!
...but it would be really heavy to swim in.
Lol at my original question!!! Look how far we've deviated from it, and the ideas that have come up!
Well it is still along the same 'theme' ......maybe... haha
Rare colors for mermaid tails:
Silver: I've only seen one all silver tail. Even as an accent it's pretty rare.
Brown and bronze: I'd love to see brown as the main color instead of an accent.
Yellow: most go for gold instead of yellow, but yellow really pops in the water. Think of the yellow tang!
Muted yellow-green: common on real life fish, not so much in mermaids.
I just laughed out loud when I read "floating torso". That honestly would be awesome.
I have a brown tail. I call it my selkie tail and it's made of stretch velvet. I'll have to find a picture of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aziara
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