After doing this one using Kismet glass, I find that I do prefer it over the vitreous. This is my third Frequency piece. Next is another lesbian flag themed one, using different colors. It’s an older flag and is referred to as Lesbian Community Flag.
There is a vibrancy lost in the colors when comparing the Kismet glass colors to the actual flag colors. Below you can see the two flags. Of course, these digital flag images are more vibrant and saturated than the actual flags are. But you can still see quite a difference. The one on the below left is what my mosaic above is supposed to look like, but I think it’s pretty off. However, my mosaic is closer to the actual flag. Still, a bit disappointing. Although there is a brick red Kismet that I considered using for the first strip, I thought it was too dark relative to the other colors.
Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
Would I have found closer colors, especially in the pink/fuchsia/purple ranges in vitreous? Probably not. Nor in smalti. Ah well, I will carry on with the next one, based on the flag on the upper right.