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PLAMacaronGoose Yellow 
PLAMacaronApricot Orange 
PLAMacaronLight Purple 
PLAMacaronPale Purple 
PLAMacaronPeach Pink 
PLAMacaronPale Pink Brand: Yiqiu3D · Pastel silk filament often prints brighter than the swatch: the sheen blows the tone out and the finished piece looks like standard glossy PLA instead of a soft macaron pastel. This compound holds low-saturation pigment behind the silk finish, so Cream Yellow and the rest of the range stay creamy on the model, and homeware and lampshade prints keep their colour balance once they are lit.
Silk PLA is PLA plastic with a polymer and pigment system that gives the printed surface a high-gloss, silky sheen. In this Macaron series the pigment load is kept low and soft, so the printed surface reads as a matte-ish pastel under normal light while the silk finish still catches highlights. The base material is still PLA plastic, not a metal.
Full answers belowBest for: Suited to elegant homeware and lamp shades where the silk sheen catches light - available in 9 colours; lead colour PLAMacaronCream Yellow. Not ideal for: Avoid high-friction mating surfaces; a standard or matte grade performs better - available in 9 colours; lead colour PLAMacaronCream Yellow.
Nozzle 200-225°C
A pastel range is only useful if every tone in it matches: mixed pinks and yellows turn a product line into a colour-sample box. The Macaron series runs 9 tones on one pigment system, from Macaron Cream Yellow through Macaron Peach Pink to Macaron Light Purple, so a set of printed homeware reads as one family, and multiples of the same colour genuinely look like a set on the shelf.
Changing filament between colours should not mean rebuilding your print profile. The whole series runs inside the same 200-225 C window on a standard FDM printer with a 0.4mm nozzle, so the profile you calibrate for Cream Yellow holds for every other pastel you buy. If a difficult first layer needs more heat, move the nozzle inside that same window rather than changing hardware.
Colour drift between batches is what breaks a lamp or homeware line: the second shipment arrives a shade off and the set no longer matches. Each spool is wound with in-line diameter gauging, dye lots are kept segregated, and every spool is vacuum sealed before it ships. Reordering the same pastel gets you the same tone and the same sheen.
| Diameter | 1.75mm |
|---|---|
| Material | PLA |
Yiqiu3D Silk PLA Filament Macaron Pastel 8 Colors Glossy prints best at 200-225°C nozzle.
| Nozzle Temp | 200-225°C |
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Spool details for your feeding and handling setup.
| Gross Weight | 1.35 kg |
|---|---|
| Spool Size (L×W×H) | 20 × 20 × 5.6 cm |
| Pack Format | Piece |
| Spool Type | Round Spool |
| Country / Region | china |
|---|---|
| HS Code | 39169050 |
| Item No. | silk-pla-macaron-pastel-colors-glossy |
| Diameter | 1.75mm |
| Appearance | Round Spool |
| Diameter | 1.75mm |
| Appearance | Round Spool |
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