Originally Posted by mytwopals
This is how I tell my lights vs. darks and it may work for you.
1. Take a color picture of the fabrics you intend to use.
2. Open up the color picture on your computer and change it to Black & White.
3. Seeing the fabrics in black & white makes it easier to see the lightness/darkness of the fabric, without your mind being biased by the color.
This is a great idea! It is often hard to see color value without getting distracted by the color itself! I'm going to do this with the palette for my scrappy BoM quilt. Thanks for the tip!
Added: It really does make a difference! There's a couple that show as lights in the B&W that I would have called mediums in color. Thank you! =)
Scrappy palette
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Scrappy palette in B&W
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