AMACO® CERAMIC CLAYS COMPARISON CHART Suggested Firing Temperature Type Moist Dry Color Suggested Shrinkage Absorption Form Form Range Bisque Glaze Alternate Glazes Cone 05 Cone 04 Cone 04 Cone 04 Cone 05 Cone 06-5 6.4% 14.6% No. 20 NA Bright White 1971°F 1911°F 1855°-2205°F Low Fire Versa Clay Cone 02 1077°C 1044°C 1013°-1207°C Cone 05 Cone 02 Cone 02 Cream 6.1% 13.6% Cone 04 Cone 05 Cone 05-3 No. 25 Cone 05-3 1971°F 1911°F 1911°-2138°F Low Fire Cone 04 Cone 04 White Art Clay White 1077°C 1044°C 1044°-1170°C Cone 05 6.3% 13.7% Cone 05 Cone 04 Cone 04 No. 27 Cone 04 Cone 05 Cone 05-5 7% 16% Off White Sculpture/ NA Off White 1971°F 1911°F 1911°-2205°F Low Fire Raku Clay Cone 5 1077°C 1044°C 1044°-1207°C Cone 05 Cone 5 Cone 5 Cream 9% 10% Cone 05 Light Cone 04 Cone 04 No. 29 Cone 04 Cone 05 Cone 05-5 5% 11.8% Brown Stone NA Speckled Brown 1971°F 1911°F 1911°-2205°F Low Fire Earthenware Clay Cone 5 Dark 1077°C 1044°C 1044°-1207°C Cone 05 Cone 5 Cone 5 Speckled Brown 6.8% 6.9% Cone 05 Cone 06 Cone 06 Cone 04 Cone 05 Cone 05-02 11.7% 7% No. 67 Red 1971°F 1911°F 1911°-2052°F Low Fire Sedona Red Clay Cone 02 Rich 1077°C 1044°C 1044°-1122°C Cone 05 Cone 02 Cone 02 Red Brown 13% 9.2% Cone 05 Cone 04 Cone 04 No. 77 Cone 04 Cone 5 Cone 05-5 6.75% 9% Terra Cotta NA Terra Cotta 1971°F 2205°F 1911°-2205°F Cone 5 Stoneware Clay Cone 5 Rich Red 1077°C 1207°C 1044°-1207°C Cone 5 Cone 5 Brown 10.5% 0.9% Cone 5 Cone 5 Cone 5 Cone 04 Cone 5 Cone 5-10 12% 1.8% No. 46 Buff 1971°F 2205°F 2205°-2381°F Cone 5 Buff Stoneware Clay Cone 10 1077°C 1207°C 1207°-1305°C Cone 10 Cone 10 Soft Gray 13.2% 0% Cone 5 Cone 5 No. 48 Cone 5 Warm Cone 04 Cone 5 Cone 5-10 11.3% 6.0% Stoneware Body Buff Peppered 1971°F 2205°F 2205°-2381°F Cone 5 with Grog with Dark Specks 1077°C 1207°C 1207°-1305°C Cone 10 Cone 10 11.7% 2.9% Cone 5 Cone 5 No. 480 Cone 5 Warm Cone 04 Cone 5 Cone 5-10 10.6% 5.2% Stoneware Body NA Buff Peppered 1971°F 2205°F 2205°-2381°F Cone 5 without Grog with Dark Specks 1077°C 1207°C 1207°-1305°C Cone 10 Cone 10 10.8% 1.9% Cone 5 Cone 5 No. 58 Cone 04 Cone 5 Cone 5-7 14.2% 3% Warm Brown NA Cone 5-7 1971°F 2205°F 2205°-2295°F Cone 5 Stoneware Clay Warm Brown 1077°C 1207°C 1207°-1257°C Cone 7 Cone 7 14.4% 0.4% White (oxid.) Cone 5 Cone 5 Cone 04 Cone 10 Cone 5-10 13% 7% No. 38 NA Gray (reduct.) 1971°F 2381°F 2205°-2381°F Cone 10 White Stoneware both Peppered 1077°C 1305°C 1207°-1305°C Cone 10 Cone 10 w/Gray Specks 15% 1.4% Cone 5 Cone 5 Cone 5 No. 11 White Cone 04 Cone 5 Cone 10 11.2% 7.03% A-Mix NA 1971°F 2205°F 2381°F Cone 5 White Stoneware Cone 10 1077°C 1207°C 1305°C Cone 10 Cone 10 Dark Buff 12.9% 1.6%.