Quiet Ocean · Plate 4 of 45
Mandarinfish color reference
Synchiropus splendidus
The mandarinfish is a small, shy fish from the coral reefs of the western Pacific. It spends most of the day hidden among rubble and branching coral and comes out around dusk to feed and mate. It has no scales and is covered in a thick slime coat instead.
Colors to reach for
Use electric blue for the swirling body pattern, bright orange for the wavy bands, and touches of green and yellow, with dark blue edges around the fins.
- electric blue
- orange
- green
- yellow
- navy blue
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