jigidi.com
07-12-2017, 07:52 AM
#1
Power Poster
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,391
jigidi.com
The reasons why I am posting that site as a resource:
1) One can choose from six different background colors for the pieces while assembling them. I am amazed at how a background change can emphasize or drab the colors of the pieces.
Background colors - black or dark charcoal
muted eggplant or dark mauve
blue gray
medium gray
sagey green
ivory
white
2) That the color I "think" I am working with - isn't actually the color that it is.
Example: I "think" I am putting together a picture of a white cat - and the actual color of the pieces might be tan or pink or gray.
3) That the overall effect from lots of little pieces can be very surprising and not at all what one might expect. I have assembled several puzzles where the individual pieces look like ink scribbles - and when put together, it was a cat or a wolf.
So - Color A can appear to change color or value - depending on what is surrounding it.
The sum of the pieces can be unexpected and take on an image of its own.
1) One can choose from six different background colors for the pieces while assembling them. I am amazed at how a background change can emphasize or drab the colors of the pieces.
Background colors - black or dark charcoal
muted eggplant or dark mauve
blue gray
medium gray
sagey green
ivory
white
2) That the color I "think" I am working with - isn't actually the color that it is.
Example: I "think" I am putting together a picture of a white cat - and the actual color of the pieces might be tan or pink or gray.
3) That the overall effect from lots of little pieces can be very surprising and not at all what one might expect. I have assembled several puzzles where the individual pieces look like ink scribbles - and when put together, it was a cat or a wolf.
So - Color A can appear to change color or value - depending on what is surrounding it.
The sum of the pieces can be unexpected and take on an image of its own.
Last edited by bearisgray; 07-12-2017 at 07:55 AM.
07-12-2017, 01:15 PM
#3
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 9,504
Background colors do affect how we see other colors. That's the main reason I painted my sewing rooms a cream color and use off white flannel on my design wall. The more neutral the background the less is interferes with how I see the colors.
07-12-2017, 03:22 PM
#4
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Western North Carolina
Posts: 1,432
Originally Posted by ube quilting
I like the Jigidi puzzle site and create puzzles there but didn't know the background could be changed. I will have to try this. TFS
07-12-2017, 03:33 PM
#5
Power Poster
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2008
Location: MN
Posts: 24,391
After "saving progress" - the screen goes to the picture of the puzzle - at the bottom there are six squares of different colors - click on one of them to change the background - and then click on the "go back to solving" button
07-13-2017, 09:10 PM
#8
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Dallas area, Texas, USA
Posts: 3,042
I, too, have used jigidi a bit over a period of several years and never noticed we could change the background. We could literally upload quilt blocks and enjoy how they look against different backgrounds as we put the puzzles together. Thanks, Bearisgray. I've enjoyed visiting your various posts this evening!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
