w1613s

Let's see, I have been sewing for 53 years. First household repairs, then added household things, added clothing, added costumes, and finally added quilts.

Now move over, my dear, because I HAVE NO EYE FOR COLOR and, after trying to develop one for all this time, doubt that I will EVER have one. For heaven's sake, don't give up; but, while you are trying to develop your own, borrow someone else's. Take a color savvy friend to the fabric store. Copy, copy, copy something someone else did. Copy it EXACTLY. Take a piece of fabric you like (or go empty handed and start from there) to your LOCAL fabric or quilt store, throw yourself on the mercy of one of the experienced clerks who HAS a sense of color and let her/him do the picking.

By the way, I have every last style and shape of white blouse/t-shirt/top in the history of mankind. No matter what, my tops always "go."

I may have no color sense (we will not discuss paint) but I can problem solve and I'll bet you and the rest of our color sense-less sisters and brothers are good at that too.

Pat ;-)

gramquilter2

My opinion is that everyone's "eye for color" needs to be their own. I know that I have been asked many times when picking out fabric for a project "Are you using that together?" And so far have never been unhappy with my choices. I remember taking my 15 year old granddaughter to a quilt shop to pick fabric for her first quilt and she picked out red, blue, purple and orange and everyone within distance said no don't put those together. We bought them anyway and her quilt is totally awesome. Use what you like is what I learned and it will turn out perfect for you! Maybe not for the color police but who cares. LOL

patdesign

You may not be all at fault here, there is a thing called color temperature of lighting, each type of bulb, fluorescent(several temperatures from warm to cool to daylight), incandescent, and others will warm or cool the color being viewed under it. True colors show best under natural light, but even the time of day can affect color. That being said, if you see a photo or picture of anything that appeals to you study the coloring or take it with you shopping. Pay attention to the percentages in which they were used. You can develop a color memory just like anything else, if you already realize that green is not green but yellow or blue green, that reds are purplish or orangish, you are halfway there, so many people see red or green and do not make any further color distinctions.
It is admittedly easier where the mfgrs have put fabrics together in a collection, but much more fun to build your own,
(retired interior designer speaking here).Pat

cpcarolyn

I seam to have a good eye for color. I don't buy kits because the fun part is picking the fabrics for a project.

Chasing Hawk

My husband says I do.

And when in doubt...........
Black or white goes with everything

Rose Bagwell

I feel the same way myself, I feel I don't know how to pick colors, yet I have been told time and again how I am good at picking colors. I think you should just go for it, try picking one project and you pick the colors all by yourself. Once the project is done, you will surprise yourself. Maybe you can start with all those unwanted fabrics you think you will never use. Like I said you will surprise yourself. Have fun.

msrosecooks

Thank you paper princess, will bookmark!

DanaNVa

I like to use Jinny Beyer's portable pallette. Instructions are here:
http://www.jinnybeyer.com/quilting-w...9A10F9C7FFE12D

mighty

Like Tartan I find the dots very helpful!

yorkie luv

I learned from a tutorial, that it is not so much the colors matching, but color values that you need to be concerned with.

http://quilting.about.com/od/colorfa...olor_value.htm