![]() Robert Kaufman fabrics for Ancient Radiation. Round 1 results for my Ancient Radiation using my personal color palette. Having a Personal Color Wheel technique streamlines the color choosing process. I used 12 colors and this exercise to choose the rainbow colors for my Ancient Radiation quilt.Ĭonsider scaling the number of colors up or down – you don’t need 12 to make a beautiful quilt. The gradation effect with my fave colors never disappoints. Notice how some colors blend together, especially the green and teal, and the two oranges. Here’s how I created my color wheel for the Ancient Radiation quilt. Paint chips from the hardware store or fabric swatches from your stash work, too.įollow along in the video or use the instructions below. Just move the wheel and it lines up the color scheme for you.īlank Personal Color Wheel worksheet (Download the printable PDF worksheet here.)ĭownload my printable Playful Color Swatch Library here– then cut it lor card chips apart. Tints are created by adding white to a pure hue.Ĭolor wheels indicate color schemes like complementary (across the wheel), triad (three colors equidistant on a color wheel) and analogous (next door).Tones are created by adding grey to a pure hue.Shades are created by adding black to a pure hue.Many color wheels also include tints one side of the wheel and shades on the other side. For example, green-yellow and yellow-green are located between yellow (primary) and green (secondary). They are located in between a primary and secondary color. Most people are familiar with the primary and secondary colors but the tertiary colors may be fuzzier to recall. The primary, secondary and tertiary colors are shown along the outer edge of color wheels. Tertiary – the six tertiary colors are Red Orange, Red Violet, Blue Violet, Blue Green, Yellow Orange and Yellow Green.Secondary – the three secondary colors are Orange, Purple (Violet) and Green.At least two of these are the basis of every other color on the wheel. Primary – the three primary colors are Red, Blue, Yellow.Otherwise, skip to the video or instructions.Ī color wheel shows 12 hues (hue is another word for pure color). Your personal color connection between your eyes, brain and hands is a powerful creative generator.Īnd another note: If you’re not familiar with the ins and outs of color wheels, read the tiny bit below on how color wheels are designed. Note: I like doing this exercise with my hands and color chips versus a digital tool. My Playful Color Theory stresses that your personality shines through your color choices. We’ll do a simple exercise to build your personal color wheel inside your comfort zone that takes about 15 minutes. I declare (by the color power invested in me) it’s time to switch from muddling through color to playing with color! Download the free worksheet and I’ll walk you through the process in the video below. It puts the right colors in your wheelhouse! ![]() If that’s you even sometimes, you’re gonna love the personal color wheel tool. Or use colors they hate because they “go with the other colors”? ![]() Or they’re stumped about why a color or fabric doesn’t work, even though it’s pretty. They typically experience dilemmas – like frequently changing their color choices – sometimes in the middle of making a quilt? OUCH. I often hear from quilters who muddle through color and fabric selections. The personal color wheel will prevent you choosing fabrics that aren’t ‘you’. From there, I begin designing a color palette I love. ![]() Using a personal color wheel steers my fabric selection process in the right direction to the colors I already love. Here’s why a personal color wheel really makes a difference between muddling through color or mastering color. Not only will you see colors more clearly, color wheels do color combinations for you. Selecting the wrong colors feels so wrong! Your chances get much better by using a color wheel. I want to feel awesome about fabric selections for quilt projects.
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