Muddy fabric ?
10-11-2015, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by joe'smom
To me, 'muddy' means colors that aren't pure hues, but are mixed with gray or black to tone them down. They can be of any hue. (In other words, it doesn't mean, fabric the color of mud.)
If you google 'blue fabric' and check the images, the first image is a pure, clear blue, and the third is a 'muddy' blue.
https://www.google.com/search?q=blue...w=1158&bih=606
If you google 'blue fabric' and check the images, the first image is a pure, clear blue, and the third is a 'muddy' blue.
https://www.google.com/search?q=blue...w=1158&bih=606
10-11-2015, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by joe'smom
To me, 'muddy' means colors that aren't pure hues, but are mixed with gray or black to tone them down. They can be of any hue. (In other words, it doesn't mean, fabric the color of mud.)
But, honestly they are not at all flat in a quilt; if used with "real" colors, they make things quite eye appealing.
Jan in VA
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