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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2015 13:49:43 GMT
Hello Teri, your color wheel wool felted projects are so very pretty...
I sort all my fibers into plastic containers/bins big and small according to the type of fibers they are so I must be very strange... I have a small snap plastic bin for all my Firestar and hand dyed silk hankies.. Another one for my blended fibers with silk in them and also include my different kinds of silk fibers and etc.. All the bins are label so I know right where to go to find what I need. I also have a small containers just for my curls/locks... None of them are sorta by color...
Also all my threads are sorta by the "Kind" of thread they are.. Metallic threads, pearl cotton, wools threads etc.. Not by color.. So I reckon I would Not be a very good Paint artist... Smile...
So I find this an interesting thread,,, I should learn a lot.. Smile..
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Post by koffipot on Jan 5, 2015 16:08:03 GMT
I decided to pull off some tufts of fibre and lay them out in rainbow order. (Perhaps I ought to have said lay them down!!) These are all merino The varying values complicate matters but here's my effort. Some of the rogues are in the middle. Further excuse light is poor!   colourwheel - Edited by koffipot, on Flickr PS Then I threw everything back into the drawers in any order!! Messy! :   studio - Edited by koffipot, on Flickr This unit is about 10ft long and houses most of my fibre sketchbooks and odds and ends. Threads, buttons and small odds and ends are in a large tool box just out of shot. 2 long windowsills with decorated pots of knitting needles, paintbrushes, pens, pencils, candles - yes, candles, pincushions, a half finished rabbit and hen........  It's a bit tippy, but it's all mine!  |
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Post by lyn on Jan 5, 2015 18:07:41 GMT
I took the test - it was as painful as sorting my threads again! My score was 36 which isn't as good as I thought it would be. (O = perfect colour acuity and 99 = low colour acuity) Apparently age and gender needs to be factored in when considering whether your score is good or iffy. So maybe 36 isn't too bad for an oldie with dodgy eyes. |
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Post by lyn on Jan 5, 2015 18:11:03 GMT
Judith - your wool is a great colour wheel and pretty too! Is there a light box under the wool?
I like your unit.
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Post by koffipot on Jan 5, 2015 18:35:09 GMT
Thanks Lyn. No light box, just a large sheet of white paper and perhaps some flash reflection.
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 5, 2015 20:31:20 GMT
Great test Zed! Sounds like everyone is thinking about color and it is interesting to compare colors. As Ann says, they change color when you compare them to another in the same color family. Unless it is a true primary blue, red or yellow it will lean towards a secondary color such as orange, green or violet (purple). So you can really only tell which way it leans if you have a primary color to compare it to. Frances - perfect start for step one to find a color wheel Judith - I love your color wheel. The tints (ones with white in them) such as pink go towards the outer level of the color wheel by the red section. Darker colors with black added are shades and go towards the center. |
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Post by koffipot on Jan 5, 2015 21:18:40 GMT
Thanks Ruth, I'll play again tomorrow. |
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jan 5, 2015 21:35:28 GMT
Great job on the color wheel, Judith!
Ruth, are you saying that some colors should not go with the regular wheel but would go in another row instead, whether “in” to the center or “out” beyond?
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 5, 2015 21:40:30 GMT
Yes, most color wheels just have the primary, secondary and tertiary colors. I'm doing a post about this soon. The tints and shades go in or out of the main color wheel on some examples of color wheels.  So the shades (colors with black added) are in the center of this color wheel. The outer most circle is tints with white added. Not all color wheels that you see are like this but this is the first one I found online. This color wheel also has more categories of colors between the primaries than most color wheels. |
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Post by zed on Jan 5, 2015 22:59:41 GMT
That's interesting, Ruth, when I was reading Teri's post I was wondering where pale pink would go and started picturing a colour wheel but with more segments and lighter shades towards the middle and darker shades on the outside, not quite the same as that, but along similar lines.
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 5, 2015 23:46:06 GMT
Depending on the color wheel, sometimes it is different. But usually the darker goes towards the middle when I've seen them.
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Post by zara on Jan 6, 2015 0:01:29 GMT
Well, I haven't produced a colour wheel yet, but I have played around with the colour green - which I find to be the most difficult colour to "get right". I had a go at blending (carding) green wool with black, grey and white wool, respectively. In an attempt to use the correct terminology, the blending with black produced a darker shade, the white a lighter tint and the grey a lower (duller) intensity. (Did I get that right?). As the original green was too bluish, I then dyed a couple of felted pieces (with the bluish green wool) with a food colouring that I know produces a slightly poisoness looking green, leaning towards yellow. This changed the hue (right?) to a green much more to my liking. :-) I just wrote a post about this experiment on my blog ( link).   |
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jan 6, 2015 0:43:41 GMT
Zara--you produced some amazing greens, and with only hand carders! Very impressive results.
Ruth--I have never before seen such an elaborate color wheel…yikes!
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 6, 2015 2:29:56 GMT
Judith, great wool color wheel.
Zara, lovely greens!
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 6, 2015 4:37:22 GMT
Zara - lovely greens. When you mix a hue with grey you get what's called a "tone". But the rest of your terminology is correct. Great idea to over dye to change the color more to your liking.
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