Yes I've run into that situation. I was redecorating and a girlfriend asked if I needed a new dust ruffle for the bed. Yes, green. The one she brought me was green all right, like a blue spruce is green. Argh! I finally realized that the general public doesn't recognize shades and values like a quilter does. So I agree. Don't ask.
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They just don't know how many colors really exist in an artist's world....we are all artists' working with a huge mass of color choices! Now we know how Rembrandt and Monet felt. LOL
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It's not just blue, try matching blacks, whites, ivory's.Even with an OTT flashlight it's almost impossible. Lucky to hit the ballpark.
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Our high school choir decided on blue velvet dresses and blue jackets for the guys. So they arranged for us to buy our dress material at a local shop and sent off a swatch to the manufacturer for the jackets. Ha! Talk about clash! Even the paid professionals can't get it right.
I made a king size string quilt of blues. The only chance of making it work is to use every shade of blue on the planet at least once. |
I've always found it amazing that if one uses all sorts of shades of a given color, it seems to work.
But if using only two or three shades of a given color, one has to be a lot more careful. |
sounds like you answered your own question ;-)
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Sounds like something my sister would do.
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Originally Posted by hobo2000
(Post 5208071)
It's not just blue, try matching blacks, whites, ivory's.Even with an OTT flashlight it's almost impossible. Lucky to hit the ballpark.
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OK, I'm a brat. I'd find the yukkiest blue ever and send her a swatch and see how quick she narrows down her selection of "blue." But then, I'm a brat and have two sisters who would probably do the same thing! Smile!!
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My sister is used to my sarcasm, so I would have been tempted to give her a long list light blues.
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