Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Playing With Color (Dead Simple QAL )

This post is part of a series related to the Dead Simple Quilt along.

Dead Simple Quiltalong

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What do the design seed palettes and potato chips have in common? You can't just have one. Fortunately the color palettes are diet-friendly, so I am going to get my fill.


Here are my three favorite inspiration photos and palettes.

I did a quickie mock up with those colors to see how they played en mass.
What do you think?



I'm truly torn. I was hoping that looking at them this way would make it easier to pick one.

Ya no. Not so much.  Still love them equally. Poo.


I need your opinion! Favs? Hates? Loves?

10 comments:

  1. This is fascinating because on straight palette I prefer the middle or last one...but when I saw your mock ups it was clear right away that I prefer the 1st Version!!! Hmmm...maybe this is exactly what I need to do with my choices too...it may make things clearer. Awesome job! Which will you pick?

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  2. That's a tough call! They are all pretty, but I'm going to rank them...2, 3, then 1. Make sense? I think I'm just drawn more to warm colors, so I need a little orange or yellow in there. Except I just looked again and think I like 3 the best. Not so much help, huh?

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  3. I really like 1 and 2. They have a good range of values and the colors are beautiful. The dusty colors of number 3 don't appeal to me as much. Think about what you'll do with the finished quilt - will it be given away, will it go in a particular room... Maybe that will help you decide which palette to go with, because they're all good choices.

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  4. I was thinking of the embellished hues for a colour palette myself, so I definitely think I prefer that one, myself. It's something about the dusky hues, the blue, the pink, and the gold...

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  5. Great way to look at things! My order of preference is 1, 3 then 2. 1 just seems bright and cheerful to me. Maybe i do need to add white to my palette afterall. Ahh!

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  6. I like all three but number 2 is edging the others out for me. I think it will be perfect for fall.

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  7. i love the 3rd one!?, it is really hard to choose huh. i think i am going to have to do some mock ups too. because it really changes everything.

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  8. i just posted my 3 choices, will you check them out? Thanks.

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  9. Based on the mockups, I think I prefer number 1. But I really like the colours in the third one too, so I'm now wondering what it would look like with white or black thrown into the mix

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  10. I think it might just be the first ever situation when I can choose something without hesitation: for me it's definitely 1 :)

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