Every crafter—needleworkers, painters, scrapbookers—needs this guide! Color is one of the first things we notice about a garment, necklace, or home accessory—and it can make or break a project. That’s why anyone who has ever struggled to select the perfect blend of hues for a prized piece will immediately recognize its value. Here are thousands of tried-and-true combinations, all based on established tenets of color theory, to choose from. And the volume features the unique ColorSense™ color wheel and cutout templates: just place them over the colors you’re thinking of using to see how they appear in different proportions and against white or black backgrounds. Everyone from artists to home decorators will turn to this again and again.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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No matter how confident you are about color, Color Sense is a fantastic source of ideas for color combinations of all kinds.,
This review is from: ColorSense: Creative Color Combinations for Crafters (Spiral-bound)
I must have read (and probably own) dozens of books about color theory. Some I've found close to worthless, some are useful, and a very few are really helpful. Color Sense is one of those.
Levin, a cofounder of K1C2 (a great knitting company) and inventor of the Rainbow Color Selector, has written a book which must be the color book she has always wanted to find but hadn't. The first section, How to Use this book, cover all the basics of color. First it covers how the pages are organized, so the reader can understand the color combination pictures. Then it talks about the swatches and templates included at the back of the book. It also shows you in detail how to use the small Rainbow Color Selector that is included with the book. Before a short glossary of color terms, there is a discussion of color considerations. These aspects, proportions, undertones, value, and other factors make or break many projects. These simple explanations will help you identify problems with your color schemes and repair them. The heart of the book are the color palettes. They are divided into three large groups: combinations of one,two, three, and four colors. The main types of color combinations, like complementary or triad, are put into one of these groups. For each color combination, based on the twelve-color color wheel, there is a two-page spread. On the left page, the top contains three swatch diagrams for the combination, one light, one saturated, and one dull. Below each of these are several combinations in that particular value range showing different proportions of each of the component colors. I find this fascinating because the matter of proportion in color combinations is rarely shown but is very important, particularly in fiber arts. I'm sure you will find that some combination are much more appealing than others. The right page shows 20 more color combinations, five against each of four backgrounds. Various shades of the main colors are shown with no background and against white, gray, and black. The same combination of shades is shown against each of the backgrounds. Although the particular choice of background color also has a big effect in needlepoint, these samples can help lots in making a decision between, say, a light blue and a navy blue for a pillow background. The books ends with a set of color swatches, all printed on card stock, with 7 shades for each of the twelve colors, plus multiple swatches of black, white, and gray. You can take these out and create your own color combination or match the cards to combinations in the book and carry them with you when selecting threads. Throw in a Rainbow Color Selector and you have a wonderfully complete and usable book on color which is aimed at anyone who works with thread, yarn, or beads.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Goes beyond telling - it SHOWS you how colors work,
This review is from: ColorSense: Creative Color Combinations for Crafters (Spiral-bound)
This book is just what I needed. My head starts to hurt when reading elaborate explanations of color theory. This book is great because it goes beyond teaching you about how color works to SHOWING you how colors work together. And it doesn't just give you one-two examples like most books.
It takes each major strategy of combining colors such as analogous, complementary, split complementary, square tetrads, rectangular tetrads, etc. and shows you swatches of them in action for every color family! It also varies the proportions so the effect of that can be observed. WOW! I didn't realize until I bought this book how important that concept can be in effective use of color. Just as one example: you can see what red-orange as the main color and it's split complements in different proportions would look like. It also shows you the effects in tints and tones. All this is arranged on a page in a table making it easy to see your favorite way of combining the colors. As a knitter, I immediately see the effect of using the different color combinations in a multitude of proportions. For me, this is the best color book I could ask for to help me choose yarn for my projects. Yes, you could sit down with a color wheel and create your own color combinations and there is a wheel included so you can. But it is most helpful to have the work done for you. I don't understand why anyone would be disappointed in this book if they are looking for a tool to make pleasing color choices for crafts such as knitting, weaving, beading, etc. I can even see the usefulness of this book in helping me coordinate my home decor.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: ColorSense: Creative Color Combinations for Crafters (Spiral-bound)
I've always been intimidated by color wheels and the like - the terminology has been beyond me as well.
This book not only explained it very simply and concisely, the examples in the back and the color swatches make selecting colors for a project absolutely 'dummy proof'. A must for color dunces like myself. I'm still not an expert, but at least have the confidence that I'm not going to make ugly projects. Perfect size to take with me to the store, and it's indestructible.
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