Susan Harwood MissQsCraftingContinuum

Hi Stamping Friend, Last week we talked about the challenge of choosing colors for projects. Let's recap that, shall we? (this image is taken from page 5 of the 2021 Stampin' Up!® annual catalog)   There are 3 primary colors (Yellow, Red & Blue), combine equal amounts of any two of them and you get one of the  3 secondary colors (Orange, Purple & Green).  Mixing equal amounts of one of the primary colors with a neighboring secondary color yields the 6 tertiary colors (Amber, Vermillion, Magenta, Violet, Teal & Chartreuse). OK, now that we're caught up, let's move on to how to choose colors for a project. (this photo is from the article: Color Meanings by Jacob Olesen) There are several color schemes that are commonly accepted. You may be familiar with some of them, for instance,  Monochromatic  color schemes use lighter and darker variations (aka shades) of a single color or hue.  Complimentary colors are opposite one another on the color wheel ...

Hi Stamping Friend, I thought today I would talk about color. Some struggle when trying to choose colors to use together in a project. A little knowledge about color theory can make putting colors together a lot less stressful. (this image is taken from page 5 of the 2021 Stampin' Up!® annual catalog)  Generally when talking about color it is illustrated with a wheel or circle as in the image below. Under the main color wheel are images that illustrate primary, secondary and tertiary colors. Let's start there. (this photo is from the article: Color Meanings by Jacob Olesen) The three primary colors , as shown in the above left illustration, are Yellow , Red and Blue . These colors are called primary because they are the colors you begin with and combine to get other colors. The three secondary colors , as shown in the above center, are what you get when you combine equal amounts of two primary colors. Yellow and Red combine to make Orange . Red and Blue combine to...