Originally Posted by tweezy50
I have been watching this board for a while now and have come to the conslusion that alot of what makes a quilt pretty, beautiful, or gorgeous are your color combinations. Seems like most of you can take the simplest pattern and make it stand out by your color combinations. Mine on the other hand are .........yawnable, if there is such a word. I've got the light, medium, and dark down, but how do you decide which colors will "pop"? Please let me in on the secret. Apparently color coordinating wasn't one of the genes I picked up.
It's not just color combinations that make a quilt, contrast can make a big difference too.
Personally, I think using those color dots on the selvedges to pick all your fabrics makes for yawnable quilts. (I like that word) Using those dots makes for a very matchy-matchy fabric combination. The most vibrant quilts have color combinations that vibrate off of each other and if they were singled out might even clash.
It does help to get the color wheel fixed in your mind so that you at least know the basics of what's across from each other and what's next to each other.