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Your Guide to Color Theory for Knitters and Crocheters - KnitPal

Do you struggle to find the correct colors for your knitting or crochet project? Then this article is for you! In this article we’ll look at color theory and how it can be applied. We also give you our favorite color palette generators! What is color theory? Color theory basically encompasses the ways in which color is used, for example, in design. Color Matter notes that “there are three basic categories of color theory that are logical and useful : The color wheel, color harmony, and the…

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Mixing Paints Guide Sheet

A reader asked me how to mix paints the way I do for my art lessons. She asked for a recipe, but I’m afraid to say there really isn’t one. This video shows how I mix paints for my art projects. Of course, not every project requires this amount of prep, and in many cases,

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Warm and Cool Colors: What Are They, How to Use Them

Colours are often described in terms of temperature as “cool” or “warm”. These psychological associations have a lot to do with certain physical characteristics, like red-fire-warm, yellow-sun-warm or blue-ice-cold, green-shade-cold. Still, the feeling of warm and cool is relative. The same color might appear cool in the company of warm yellows and oranges and warm surrounded by cool greens. (I’ll look at it closer later this month when talking about contrasts.) When thinking of the colour…

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