Help with colors
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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I vote for the third picture with the brown. The brown pulls from the tiny flecks of brown in the gold fabric . The darkest fabric works well too. You have to decide on how much contrast you like. A rug salesman told me the colors of the rug I chose were called Quiet colors. They don't jump out at you and say, See me. There is enough contrast to see the block design, yet the overall feel for the quilt is serene. Who knew colors could be quiet or loud? Good luck with your choices. Your fabric is lovely.
#19
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Join Date: Nov 2008
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If you look at the On Ringo Lake quilt pattern (and my hats off to you for tackling that pattern!), it depends on a lot of value contrast to make the design pop. The purple and yellow are the colours you want to pop? Have a look at one of the quilt blocks, attached. You need to add in a very low value background, like a very pale grey, white or cream, and a luminous colour...maybe a coral to pop the purple and mustard. One way to choose colours that pop each other is to choose a balance across the colour wheel with your main colours. So the colours that are equidistant from yellow and purple on the colour wheel are red-orange and turquoise.
#20
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