Which accent color?
 

For Christmas, I'm making a surprise jelly roll lap quilt for my grandson's girlfriend (college age) who will be visiting us from out of state. Her favorite color is teal. I want to use 2.5" accent squares between each jelly roll strip and can't decide between a medium purple and a fuschia shade. To me, the fuschia gives more of a pop. Just taking a vote here. THX for your input!

Can you post a picture please?? Sounds interesting!!

No photos, just in my head so far. I do have my assortment of teal values cut into strips.

Envisioning this in my head, i lean toward the fuschia also.

Purple and teal always go well together but if the value and intensity of the purple is too close to the teal the fuchsia will certainly pop more. And a little pop always makes a more cheerful quilt in my opinion.

i would love to see the fuchsia with the teal

If the purple and fuschia look nice together, use both? Especially if you are using several shades of teal?

I'm leaning towards the fuschia.

Teal comes in so many different shades/colours/tones.

How be you show us your assortment of strips.

You could use an assortment of different in between squares .... or find a print or batik that has many different colours in it to cut up.

Another possibility that goes with some of the teals nicely that I have used before ..... a terra cotta peachy colour.

Working with lots of college age brides, orange or coral and teal are a really popular color choice. After that I see fuchsia, red, bright green, yellow, and purple -- teal is popular. If you google color pallets you'll see alot of interesting ideas -- like "teal fushia color pallet"

Teal (aqua/cyan), Fuchsia (magenta), and yellow are the triadic colors used in the fabric printing industry, did you know? This color group is also familiar to us in the packaging of our printer's ink cartridges. Check out those images under Ives Color Wheel in Google Images and you'll see what I mean.

They are the basis of so many palettes in quilts. One of the best tools using this Ives color wheel for quilters is by Joen Wolfram, it looks like a fan of strips joined at one end, like paint chips. Get it on Amazon.

Jan in VA

If your teal is deeper, then a more purple-y magenta would be appropriate --- these would be darker shades of the original colors of aqua (cyan) and magenta.

I guess I would try to find out if she likes pink. Some people love it, others do not. That would be the deciding factor for me :)

Lay the teal out with both colors. See which one you like best. I trust my eyes. I use the color my eyes keep going back to.

Go for the "POP"!

I would go with the fuschia. I just like my quilts to pop and I'm sure the girlfriend will be so impressed and happy with whatever you make for her.

Susan

A lot of young people are using gray with teal.

I vote for the fuschia! :)

That's what I was was thinking! Personally I really dislike the color pink...in her shoes I'd be really touched that you made a quilt for me but I'd have a really hard time loving a quilt with a lot of bright pink in it.

I am in LOVE with the orange/teal combo right now though. I have a quilt in progress in those colors, and I used those a my 2 accent colors in my sewing room. :)

Pile up your fabrics, then get out the red celophane and see which look more harmonious and play well together?

Red cellophone "masks" colors from the red family

One of the most fun things about working with colors is how a given color can look so different when various colors are paired with it.

My friend just made a teal and brown quilt that is simply gorgeous. She used shades of teal, with dark chocolate browns. Just an idea.

Vitality, this is completely off the topic but the horse in your avatar looks very much like my GF's daughters horse.(bay paint tobiano) Especially in the facial markings. And it's here in Iowa.
Sorry about your quilt.

i also use use the red celophane to see if a certain fabric plays well with others, and to make sure I have a good assortment of light, medium, and dark since it washes all the colors out, it shows the tones really well.

I'm getting in this one late, but I have always liked teal and fuschia together.

I did teal and brown for a gift, it came out beautiful

Her age would probably like the fushia. Would really have to see it though.

my college age daughter just made herself a teal, white, gray and chartreuse jelly roll quilt. It's outstanding, fresh and youthful.

It's hard to say without seeing the colors

Here's my daughters quilt top

Any chance your grandson or his mom might be able to guide you as to what the girlfriend's choice might be?

can't wait to see this....b/c i'm thinking waaaay out in left field....I have a teal fabric that is gorgeous --- and it has RED paisley on it.....so i'm no help!