So in May I had the fun of attending a series of classes on Color 101 at The Stitch Lab taught by Kat McTee. Each class was a little gem of instruction and experimentation and exercises.
My interest in color has been unfolding this year. Strangely enough it started with nail polish. I began by experimenting with a few avant garde (for me) nail polish colors. But then I began thinking about making my OWN nail polish color collections, inspired by movies or seasons or concepts or fashion trends. I have had so much fun doing this that I now see color combinations everywhere I go.
Then I also took a crochet class. And along with that, comes a great many opportunities for choosing and mixing and matching colors in crochet projects. I would see other people's color selections like this or that and know that I loved them, but wasn't sure why and didn't know how to duplicate it myself.
So when I saw this Color 101 class, I thought Eureka! Not only do I get the fun of going to a class, but I can apply what I learn to all my other little hobbies.
I won't reveal everything I learned in class, but these were some of my favorite highlights:
- I already knew about the color wheel, but understanding other dimensions of color, such as the difference between hues, tints, shades, and tones made me see it differently
- Playing with different relationships of color such as triads, tetrads, split complements, analogous colors
- Yellow + black = olive green (sorry, but this one still blows my mind)
- Color marketing rules the world whether we like it or not
- Brown isn't actually a color and brown can come in many different flavors with many undertones of color
- Your perception of a color changes drastically depending on what other colors surround it
Have you been having any color adventures lately?
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