Analogous colors are those next to each other on the color wheel. They are similar in color and have very little contrast, meaning they blend well together. Contrast means that one color stands out from the next. One way to remember analogous colors is that they are neighbors on the color wheel [...]
Posts from ‘November, 2006’
Color Lesson 6: Identifying Color Relationships in Your Quilt
Did you make your color wheel? How did you find the experience? Did you have all those colors in your stash? Most quilters have them, they just haven’t thought of the colors in terms of red-violet, they call it magenta. Or blue-green is turquoise.
Have you ever wondered why a color wheel [...]
Color Lesson 5: Creating a Quilter’s Color Wheel
I was afraid of losing my own color style if I learned the color wheel, so for years I resisted. Finally, I gave in, feeling like I didn’t know the “secret handshake” of all those art quilters who kept going on about the color wheel.
Interestingly enough, I didn’t learn it as a quilter, I [...]
Color Lesson 4: Creating a Color Palette with Fabrics You Don’t Like
This is a color exercise that will really flex your creative muscles. After all, we all like working with fabrics we enjoy, but what about using fabrics you can’t stand?
Why am I having you do this?
Because at some point, you are going to be asked to make a quilt with colors you don’t like. [...]
