Color is a topic quilters find endlessly fascinating (or frustrating). There are great online tools you may find helpful—or inspirational! Try these on for size.
• colorschemedesigner.com
Be sure to click around and see all the different things you can do with this tool. Check out each white circle near the top left, and move the dots around on the color wheel. It’s so much fun.
An example of what you'll find at colorschemedesigner.com
This blogger takes a photo and pulls colors from it to create a scheme. Ideas galore.
An example of what you'll find at design-seeds.com
• Why Are Things Colored?
Articles explaining the basic science behind color. A fascinating “webexhibit.”
An example of what you'll find in this webexhibit
What are your favorite online color tools? Leave us a comment with your answer. More tools = more learning = better quilts!
thanks for a great post, I love the first website. I’m off now to check the others, have a great day.
I like searching for colors on Google image search or Pinterest.com. I’ve got a few different ‘boards’ on Pinterest with gorgeous examples of different colors. It’s fun to browse what other people have up too. Eventually I’ll have enough to useful in creating a quilt (I hope!)
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