Color Value tip
A few days ago, someone posted a link to a pair of glasses for seeing color value in your quilts.
Here's a trick you can use with something you might already be carrying with you: If you have an iPhone or an Android phone, download the free app called "SnapSeed" Take a photo of the fabrics with your phone. Open Snapseed and select the photo you took Tap "Black and White" This will give you a really good idea of what the color values are. I just tried it with the quilt I'm making for DH and I know now why I felt like the colors didn't "pop" enough. There's a light and 2 darks. The darks are too often next to each other. |
I don't know about android phones but the new iPhone update 7.something allows you to change colors in your pictures without an app. Just in case someone was a whackadoodle like me and hates downloading apps lol.
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I was amazed at the difference my quilt really looked in B&W compared to the color picture in terms of value. What I thought was med against the light was really two lights.
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What a great idea. I need all the help I can get with colour selection and especially values so have taken your advice and downloaded Snapseed onto the ipad. Now to get on with those quilts! Thank you for this information.
janet |
If you are at home and have a printer, you can copy your fabrics in B&W to see their value. I don't have a smart phone, and I carry a small piece of red acetate film when I go fabric shopping - turns colors into shades of grey.
Anita |
I use the see through red film when I buy fabric. An old red file folder is excellent if you are lucky to still have one or find one. It's big sheets of the red film. Green film is for finding value in red fabrics together.
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Awesome, thank you!!!
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Originally Posted by Tfch8184
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I don't know about android phones but the new iPhone update 7.something allows you to change colors in your pictures without an app. Just in case someone was a whackadoodle like me and hates downloading apps lol.
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I don't worry about color values. I just use colors I like together.
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Originally Posted by Tfch8184
(Post 6463612)
I don't know about android phones but the new iPhone update 7.something allows you to change colors in your pictures without an app. Just in case someone was a whackadoodle like me and hates downloading apps lol.
Snapseed does come highly recommended for those who don't like "sparse" phones.
Originally Posted by ILoveToQuilt
(Post 6463682)
If you are at home and have a printer, you can copy your fabrics in B&W to see their value. I don't have a smart phone, and I carry a small piece of red acetate film when I go fabric shopping - turns colors into shades of grey.
Anita
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
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I use the see through red film when I buy fabric. An old red file folder is excellent if you are lucky to still have one or find one. It's big sheets of the red film. Green film is for finding value in red fabrics together.
Originally Posted by grammy Dwynn
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I have a android phone and I have the option to take photos in black & white. ;)
Either way, there are options while at the fabric shop, as long as they'll let you take photos. :) |
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