Comments on: Selecting a Fabric Color Palette

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GIVE AND TAKE Fabric Applique Trunk SHow « Satin Moon's Blog — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:46:35 +0000

[...] first chose border fabric that she liked, then built a palette of fabric and colours [...]

By: mariapeagler

mariapeagler — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:00:03 +0000

Hi Anita –

Great question! There is a guideline painters use when deciding how much of each color to use, and it’s called the Three Bears Rule of Color. Summarizing here, you use the largest amount of your main color (it’s Poppa Bear), and an increasingly smaller amount of each successive color (Mama Bear and Baby Bear). This is one of the six artist’s secrets I reveal in Color Mastery: secrets painters use but most quilters aren’t aware of. I use this rule often and it works great!

By: Hi Maria

Hi Maria — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:12:58 +0000

Thanks for the article. This is what I have been looking for Color Mastery and selecting a Fabric Color Palette.
I’m new to quilting my problem is picking the correct colors, for my quilts.
My question: Is is there a formula on how much of one color to use in a Quilt?
Anita

By: mariapeagler

mariapeagler — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:33:05 +0000

Thanks for visiting Judy and glad you found the article helpful. I always enjoy seeing how other people work, so I thought I’d offer my experience in how I coordinated the color palette.

By: Judy Booker

Judy Booker — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:22:20 +0000

Thank you for this article. I have always been interested in color as I like to paint. The colorwheel is exactly what should be used in chosing colors for projects. Although I never thought of putting one together in the way that you did.

Keep up the good work….