Thread: How Do You Rate Your Color Sense?

I seem to have a decent color sense when choosing fabrics for quilts. However, when it comes to colors and dressing myself....please! There are days my family probably shouldn't let me leave the house.

I'm rubbish. My friend always objects to my choice which after she changes it I don't like. My friend loves very bright colours which to me clash. I love pastels in colour blends ie blue or green red or orange but not mixed together. .
This maybe a double post as I wrote it 5 hours ago. Now can't find it.

i second guess myself to sometimes never getting started on a
project?
It drives me crazy! CRAZY!

I like my color choices most of the time, but I often look at other's choices and wonder "what were they thinking?" because it really is a matter of what you like and not just technical skill in matching colors.

Sometimes after I wonder what they were thinking, or after I "hate" my choices I find the completed project totally changes my mind! This might take hiding it for a year.

I think I do pretty good with color choices. I tend to audition my picks on my design wall and can tell if I don't like something, but sometimes I second guess myself. I have found that once it is all sewn together, it usually comes together visually.

I like vibrant colors that are not muted. But I like them to play nicely with each other. I have a difficult time when others give me color ranges because I feel constricted/fenced in by them and what they perceive that color to be in their minds. My quilt police neighbor never likes my color choices but says I am a wonderful quilter. She says I use too many colors!! I don't get her. My kitties think I use great colors and fabrics. I do admit when I'm stuck I will ask DH for some color help because he has a pretty good color sense.