Quiet Ocean · Plate 21 of 45
Electric eel color reference
Despite its name, the electric eel is not a true eel but a knifefish, and it lives in rivers and floodplains of northern South America rather than the sea. It produces electric shocks strong enough to stun prey and deter predators. It gulps air at the surface to breathe.
Colors to reach for
Color the long body dark olive and gray-brown, and add a warm yellow-orange to the underside toward the head.
- dark olive
- brown
- charcoal
- yellow orange
- tan
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