Hi Everyone, Thanks for stopping by. I can’t believe I made it through the whole winter and caught a cold the last week of spring. So I apologize for the gruff voice. After I started, I realized the topic was too big to tackle in one video. This one is specifically about What is a colour.
I had the same surprise. I went in a hard cold just 10 days ago. I come from Mexico, so colour is something I have in my genes. Sometimes the combinations I make shock people. Like strong yellow and fuchsia. Thank you for your lessons, they are always welcome.
@@reinadegrillos I loved putting those colours together when I was younger. All my teachers discouraged me saying that they were too bright. I now know better. Favourite colours tell a lot about ones personality, Thanks for watching.
Color speaks to my soul. Just walking into a fabric store makes me happy. It's the color. I can't help adding whites to every quilt I make, it just maked the colors right for me. Now I want to see how many different whites I can put in a quilt.
I am working on my first quilt I have ever done. I have been fighting cancer for 17 years. Now by husband of 48 years has been fighting cancer for 1 year. Be strong and pray. My name is Ann
WOW. I love this. I going to be rewatching this. I’m beginning to understand color theory now. Thank you for all your excise detailed descriptions. You’re awesome👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I have a graphic design background, but I haven’t in all my years working in the field see such a concise and succinct explanation. No flourishes or side bars, just straight, forward and easy-to-follow information. Kudos. I’m going straight into the rest of this series. Thank you SEW much!
Came back to this serious just to comment on the camera trick. I love using my B&W filter to see the values! It's made picking fabrics to use in my quilts so much easier. I've also used it for my paint swatch. I take a picture of my swatches then print it out and stock it down under the swatch paper. Woohoo!❤❤❤
Wow! I had no idea when I hit play that I would be getting such an in depth explanation. Your examples of using the paint chips and then even the fabrics plus taking the black and white picture was great! Thanks!
Your colour series finally made colour make sense to me and gave me a vocabulary for talking about it. I've referred lots of other people to this playlist
I cannot believe how much I didn't know about colour. I thought this video would be boring because I know about colour. Doesn't everybody? well no. Thank you so much. I have learnt so much. I cannot wait to get onto the next video but I just wanted to say how much I appreciate you.
I like your info but still confused in my brain with tones- harmony-values- oh well- im gonna try it until I get it, several time- thanks dear Karen Brown- grey is new after all these years! Thank you! For your help- 🥰💕😇
I'm impressed. Very thorough. I watched this eleven months ago and posted the above comment. Learned a lot then, but found it difficult to absorb all the nuances of color, saturation, tones, and hues. The "tidy color wheel" we learned in school--and, if a primary teacher, taught to our pupils (though taking required prerequisite art classes, then methods in how to teach art, we just never got this deep). Adapting to the more thorough and scientific comprehension of color and Chromatics/Color Science, which you teach here is very rewarding as one selects and arranges color on the palette of a quilt. It seems this time around, I have a better grasp of color science--and it is interesting how the knowledge shared here shows up in the quilts I create--thank you, Karen Brown.
I am blown away by the talent it took just to make this video with all the animated graphics, historical paintings and drawings, etc. let alone the content! I can't imagine the editing it must take to make something so technically educational. Thank You!
The cone especially was very helpful!! (You said tones twice when describing adding white, so I think you meant tints, but I could follow anyway.). I’ll watch this a few more times I’m sure. Thanks so much Karen!
My head is spinning, but this is terrific information! I think I will have to watch it a couple of times to get it all straight. Thanks so much for doing this series!
Oh my gosh! Karen you have just satisfied and addressed so many things in me. 1) my Learner Strength, 2) my fear of color! (I sketch with pencil...but I'm scared to paint because there are SOOO many colors!) 3) I've >never< understood what all those terms mean. Yes, I watched the video twice...took notes the second time. I'm getting a handle on it. ...almost. On to video 2! By the way...THANK YOU!
I am a watercolor artist as well as a quilter and this is by far the best explanation of color that I have come across! Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video and for doing it so well!
As a watercolour artist how did you get your brain around the change in primary colors? I’m really struggling with this concept. You can practice making green from Yellow and blue, how can yellow appear by mixing red and green?
A customer would come into the print shop to look at their job on the computer monitor, and give the okay to print. Upon seeing the printed job, they'd wonder why it didn't look like the monitor's display. This is an example of light shining through color vs reflected light. The monitor is backlit, passing through the images to one's eye. Light bouncing off the printed page is reflected light. This is why a disclaimer is sometimes seen on Internet shopping pages, noting that an item's color may not be truly represented. I buy fabric on-line exclusively and have yet to be disappointed. The quality of computer monitors and scanners has leveled out since the 1990s, and web site designers now have more sophisticated tools at their disposal, so that images come close to reality. Value, for me, is the tricky thing. To audition scrappy selections for a quilt top, I view them through a small piece of red plastic. Oh, my -- it's all mush! Time to hit the stash again, or (gasp) take a trip to Walmart. Color my quilting life interesting.
Judy Kizler : This series is quite timely. I just got a set of TWO filters hoping they will help with shopping my stash (vs. shopping a preplanned selection of fabric by a designer in the store where you know they are all designed to coordinate). Anyway, the set has a red filter for "warm" colors and a green filter for "cool" colors. Time will tell if they help get through to my understanding. This series should help a lot as well.
Thank you for clarifying this. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to grasp color. That 3-d cone is so much more understandable than that omnipresent flat color wheel!
The second time I watched this video I noticed that you were wearing the same colors there were in the print on the wall behind you! Brilliant. I may finally get a better understanding of the complexities of color after I watch this set of videos infinitesimal times!
Thank you for the great explanation on color. It was the first time I actually heard these terms explained in a way I could understand ~ the visuals you used were amazingly helpful. Super excited to learn more in your next video.
Your explanation was brilliant. I have always struggled with the concepts and how it all works together. I now get it … slowly 😊 Will watch this video again. Thank you so much 💐
Great information, when my daughter was very young, around 4 she would pick out her colors with such crazy color combinations, but I’d put her choices on and it always was surprizing how good it looked, now i know she was combining the tertiary colors, she would pick the color opposites, when she colored she spent the time arranging the crayons more than coloring, i have adult color books and i just love picking out the color to test them against each other, it’s like a dopamine hit for me, I think this is one of the most favorite part of quilting, i love watching these colors put together, i like to go through and see what people have created, my idea book is getting so big, this hardwire to color is probably the biggest draw, why quilters are in love with fabric, we are innately drawn to colors. I’ve been fascinated with color, how it affects us with our clothes, wall colors, I’ve just watched part 1 so far, but the information has answered and sparked questions I’ve thought about for years. Never knew the full information about hue, shade, tint, saturation....this will help me pick colors. Thank you!
Well done you! You sort it out well. I was taught that the red/blue/yellow primaries were to do with paint or ink since all those colors combined to make black (or close) while the red/blue/green were about light and when combined, make white. Your research tells the whole story. Thank you.
I took your advice on setting the timer. Much less quilting guilt. I set it to organize my projects, then again when I go back to work on them. Much less stressful and I can stop to do the not so fun things like clean.😊
Karen! If a person can be a spirit animal, you're mine. The minute you started talking about electromagnetic radiation and additive colors i was hooked. Thank you for explaining this so well to a non-artist!
Mind blown. I have always struggled with color. 15 years of quilting have helped. But back in the day when I did garment sewing and selected a pattern--I would look for fabric as close to the pattern illustration as possible. This short video was very helpful--I'm sure my color woes are far from over, but I'm working on being more aware. Thank you for making this very well-done video. I'm guessing you may have been an educator somewhere in your past.
So glad I found you Karen and your videos on color and picking fabric!! I ordered the color wheel you have today! I've been quilting for 30 years and while I am creative I am not artistic like my mother was. I struggle with putting fabrics together but I'm confident your videos will help me get better!!
Thank you for explaining terms I've been wanting to understand for a very long time! I'm not a quilter, but I'm watching in order to learn information essential to all art appreciation and creation.
WOW! I think I will have to watch again, just to be sure I got it all! I never heard it explained the way you did! It makes a lot of sense! I just want to be sure I understand it all!
This is the MOST I've learned about color theory and said in the simplest way!!! AMAZING!! I've been trying to distinguish between color, hue, value etc for a long time... have read many books, but nobody said it so clearly!! GREAT teaching moment!! (or three!!) "=D Ready for next step!! :-D THANKS!!
im not a quilter (beginner sewer for garment making), but i've watched tons of videos of color theory in a more of a painting/drawing context and this is hands down the best video i have seen on color theory! appreciate this video a lot and despite not being a quilter, i love your channel!
This was so helpful. I have had confusion on this for years. Now I know it was because of trying to think in 2 dimensions vs 3. I'll probably have to watch a few more times but I finally feel like I'm getting it.
Color is so complex, and these terms tend to tumble around in a spin cycle in my brain - it's hard to hold onto and differentiate them. Your explanation makes sense! Thanks for breaking this down into bite-sized pieces.
Well, Karen, after watching your video today, you explained what I worked on this week. I'm creating a grayscale color scheme for a quilt I'm making. I thought starting with gray would be a simple task. It seems, however, that there are blue-grays, brown grays, and true grays. It's making my head spin. However, I plugged away and separated the different types of gray, then organized them from light to dark. I'm not a natural at all when it comes to color. I am hoping that your advice will sink in and color will become more second nature as I go along. Your explanations are clear and understandable. Thanks for the video!
You are just so freaking smart! I love how you explain the science behind a lot of quilting techniques (like ironing and color!). Plus you explain it in a way that is so easy to understand. I LOVE your videos. Thank you so much for making them :)
Wow...I've never had color explained so well. It's complicated at first, but you did a tremendous job making it simple but precise. Thank you...can't wait to watch Part II.
Best explanation I’ve ever seen. I’ll have to watch this five more times to get it to stick in my brain! Thank you very much. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
I’m going to be watching this again, several times, and taking notes! So much information I need to know that I didn’t know I needed to know! Can’t wait for the rest of the series.
I have read a lot on color over several years and this is the best explanation yet. Well done! I'm going through all your videos, starting with the oldest. It's so fun! You have come a long way - no more walking to work videos. Did you imagine at the start where this journey on UA-cam would take you?
Love this, a great, easy to understand explanation. I love fabric and I love color but almost always purchase coordinated fabric bundles as I can’t seem to make good choices on my own. This video is very helpful. ❤️
This is really helpful -- I have always been confused between the original red-yellow-blue we learned in school and the RGB system I learned as a software professional. This is the first time I've actually understood how this works -- thank you so much!
Hi Karen, I've only just found your channel and I love it. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing knowledge. You explain everthing so well. Truly brilliant. Once again thank you so much.
The exercise of arranging colored pieces and taking a greyscale photo will help me a lot. I have long wanted to make a watercolour piece, and have to stand back and try to squint at the colours to see the saturation of a swatch, because the fabric isn't a solid but a mixed pattern, and several hues, tints, tones, shades. Thanks! I need practice. Some seem to do this without effort.
YOU ARE A TREASURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never had color theory explained so well before , that I "Get it"!!! . I have been painting artist for most of my life! I can not wait to learn more on this subject!! Thank you from the depth of my soul. This goes as well for the quilting that I have done for as many years. What you have shared is beyond what I have ever got from all the books, tapes, CD's...etc. Sharing all you goofs and humanness! xoxoxo
Well, I had no idea there was so much to understand about colour! Up to now, I've considered texture and pattern when choosing fabric. Now I see that I'm missing out on almost important consideration- the colour spectrum! This combines sewing technique and art. (New quilter here)
Wow, first time I've understood this!! I take the photo and desaturate but never understood why!! Thank you, it's SO helpful and easy to understand. My old memory needs replaying this a lot of times but what a great series.
I’m a scrapbooker & found this video very informative!!! You have a great style for sharing information, many thanks 😀. I’ll be watching this one a few times 👍🏻
I totally forgotten all this info in color theory class because I didn't like my teacher in college who taught. Nice simple refresher! Your orange color samples were fabulous! I wish you had taught my color theory class 😢
I wish you could have been my algebra teacher in high school. I would have “got” it and enjoyed learning it. You break everything down into digestible bites where it makes sense to me. I found myself sayin ahhhh a lot throughout this video. Thank you!
Karen! Thank you so much for this video. I have a colour wheel - and I know I need a better/deeper understanding of what's going on with colour in picking fabrics for quilts - but I kind just stare at it. Yours is by far the best tutorial on colour I have seen (because I've been looking!). Cheers!
Hi Everyone, Thanks for stopping by. I can’t believe I made it through the whole winter and caught a cold the last week of spring. So I apologize for the gruff voice. After I started, I realized the topic was too big to tackle in one video. This one is specifically about What is a colour.
I had the same surprise. I went in a hard cold just 10 days ago. I come from Mexico, so colour is something I have in my genes. Sometimes the combinations I make shock people. Like strong yellow and fuchsia. Thank you for your lessons, they are always welcome.
@@reinadegrillos I loved putting those colours together when I was younger. All my teachers discouraged me saying that they were too bright. I now know better. Favourite colours tell a lot about ones personality, Thanks for watching.
Color speaks to my soul. Just walking into a fabric store makes me happy. It's the color. I can't help adding whites to every quilt I make, it just maked the colors right for me. Now I want to see how many different whites I can put in a quilt.
Sorry you are sick! Drink lots of water.... lol
Thank you@@reneefelts7232
You are just the best teacher! Thank you so much!
Yes- Karen, you Are!
I am working on my first quilt I have ever done. I have been fighting cancer for 17 years. Now by husband of 48 years has been fighting cancer for 1 year. Be strong and pray. My name is Ann
You too
Im praying for you, Ann and your husband🥰🥰🌸
This is my favorite video series on color. I recommend it to every new quilter I meet.
WOW. I love this. I going to be rewatching this. I’m beginning to understand color theory now. Thank you for all your excise detailed descriptions. You’re awesome👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Glad to help!
This is the best explanation of color to the uninitiated I’ve ever seen! Thank you!
I have a graphic design background, but I haven’t in all my years working in the field see such a concise and succinct explanation. No flourishes or side bars, just straight, forward and easy-to-follow information. Kudos. I’m going straight into the rest of this series. Thank you SEW much!
Came back to this serious just to comment on the camera trick. I love using my B&W filter to see the values! It's made picking fabrics to use in my quilts so much easier. I've also used it for my paint swatch. I take a picture of my swatches then print it out and stock it down under the swatch paper. Woohoo!❤❤❤
I love your tutorial on color, it's the most understandable explanation I've come across and I'm looking forward to your next videos. Thanks!
You explained color value, hues, saturation where I understood it. I am gob smacked!
My third time watching this series!
Yep - me too- eventually
That was the cleanest explanation I've heard in all my decades. Thank you.
I find this lady brilliant, she makes it so easy
Wow! I had no idea when I hit play that I would be getting such an in depth explanation. Your examples of using the paint chips and then even the fabrics plus taking the black and white picture was great! Thanks!
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Wow, Karen, I thought I understood colours , I’ve learn so much more. Thank you
Your colour series finally made colour make sense to me and gave me a vocabulary for talking about it. I've referred lots of other people to this playlist
I cannot believe how much I didn't know about colour. I thought this video would be boring because I know about colour. Doesn't everybody? well no. Thank you so much. I have learnt so much. I cannot wait to get onto the next video but I just wanted to say how much I appreciate you.
Colour and quilting is a whole new game. Every quilt is a new adventure
You are the best quilting channel! Relatable, clear and to the point, and original topics. Thank you!
May I add an AMEN! to this comment. I have shared your videos with my quilting friends and they are hooked, too!
What a wonderful vlogcast. Thank you.
Best description of terms I've ever heard...simple and direct. Thanks.
Brilliant! Comprehensive, but succinct. Thank you so much!!
You’re an amazing educator! Thank you!
I like your info but still confused in my brain with tones- harmony-values- oh well- im gonna try it until I get it, several time- thanks dear Karen Brown- grey is new after all these years! Thank you! For your help- 🥰💕😇
I'm impressed. Very thorough.
I watched this eleven months ago and posted the above comment. Learned a lot then, but found it difficult to absorb all the nuances of color, saturation, tones, and hues. The "tidy color wheel" we learned in school--and, if a primary teacher, taught to our pupils (though taking required prerequisite art classes, then methods in how to teach art, we just never got this deep).
Adapting to the more thorough and scientific comprehension of color and Chromatics/Color Science, which you teach here is very rewarding as one selects and arranges color on the palette of a quilt.
It seems this time around, I have a better grasp of color science--and it is interesting how the knowledge shared here shows up in the quilts I create--thank you, Karen Brown.
Finally it makes a bit more sense. Thank you!
I am blown away by the talent it took just to make this video with all the animated graphics, historical paintings and drawings, etc. let alone the content! I can't imagine the editing it must take to make something so technically educational. Thank You!
Bless you for doing these!
Great explanation, thank you!
Just now seeing this video. This explains a LOT! Thank you so much!
Best explanation of color, thank you. 4 years late.
The cone especially was very helpful!! (You said tones twice when describing adding white, so I think you meant tints, but I could follow anyway.). I’ll watch this a few more times I’m sure. Thanks so much Karen!
Thanks- i understood what you said- tints and white- TY!
Hi Karen. I just wanted to let you know how much I’m enjoying your tutorials. Thanks!
My head is spinning, but this is terrific information! I think I will have to watch it a couple of times to get it all straight. Thanks so much for doing this series!
It does take time for it all to settle in.
Oh my gosh! Karen you have just satisfied and addressed so many things in me. 1) my Learner Strength, 2) my fear of color! (I sketch with pencil...but I'm scared to paint because there are SOOO many colors!) 3) I've >never< understood what all those terms mean. Yes, I watched the video twice...took notes the second time. I'm getting a handle on it. ...almost. On to video 2!
By the way...THANK YOU!
I am a watercolor artist as well as a quilter and this is by far the best explanation of color that I have come across! Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video and for doing it so well!
As a watercolour artist how did you get your brain around the change in primary colors? I’m really struggling with this concept. You can practice making green from Yellow and blue, how can yellow appear by mixing red and green?
Yes she is thorough and precise about colour- yes! TY Karen
Lightbulb moment today! I FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! Understand color. I’ve never seen it expressed this way and it makes soooo much sense!
Excellent. So glad it helps
This video makes me want to watch all of your videos! Love it, a fan already
Mind blowing! Have never had the color wheel explained so clearly before! Thank you!
I am really happy ai found your channel. Its been so helpful.
A customer would come into the print shop to look at their job on the computer monitor, and give the okay to print. Upon seeing the printed job, they'd wonder why it didn't look like the monitor's display. This is an example of light shining through color vs reflected light. The monitor is backlit, passing through the images to one's eye. Light bouncing off the printed page is reflected light. This is why a disclaimer is sometimes seen on Internet shopping pages, noting that an item's color may not be truly represented.
I buy fabric on-line exclusively and have yet to be disappointed. The quality of computer monitors and scanners has leveled out since the 1990s, and web site designers now have more sophisticated tools at their disposal, so that images come close to reality.
Value, for me, is the tricky thing. To audition scrappy selections for a quilt top, I view them through a small piece of red plastic. Oh, my -- it's all mush! Time to hit the stash again, or (gasp) take a trip to Walmart. Color my quilting life interesting.
Thanks for sharing
Judy Kizler : This series is quite timely. I just got a set of TWO filters hoping they will help with shopping my stash (vs. shopping a preplanned selection of fabric by a designer in the store where you know they are all designed to coordinate). Anyway, the set has a red filter for "warm" colors and a green filter for "cool" colors. Time will tell if they help get through to my understanding. This series should help a lot as well.
Filters - thats new since my stroke- duh
You are awesome. Thank you so much.
Thank you for clarifying this. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to grasp color. That 3-d cone is so much more understandable than that omnipresent flat color wheel!
Very technically and neatly explained
Thank you
That cone illustration really helped me understand so much better. Thank you!!
The second time I watched this video I noticed that you were wearing the same colors there were in the print on the wall behind you! Brilliant. I may finally get a better understanding of the complexities of color after I watch this set of videos infinitesimal times!
Thank you for the great explanation on color. It was the first time I actually heard these terms explained in a way I could understand ~ the visuals you used were amazingly helpful. Super excited to learn more in your next video.
Karen Phillips me too! She's awesome
Same!!!! First time the lightbulb of recognition has gone off. Thank you so much!
Your explanation was brilliant. I have always struggled with the concepts and how it all works together. I now get it … slowly 😊 Will watch this video again. Thank you so much 💐
Great information, when my daughter was very young, around 4 she would pick out her colors with such crazy color combinations, but I’d put her choices on and it always was surprizing how good it looked, now i know she was combining the tertiary colors, she would pick the color opposites, when she colored she spent the time arranging the crayons more than coloring, i have adult color books and i just love picking out the color to test them against each other, it’s like a dopamine hit for me, I think this is one of the most favorite part of quilting, i love watching these colors put together, i like to go through and see what people have created, my idea book is getting so big, this hardwire to color is probably the biggest draw, why quilters are in love with fabric, we are innately drawn to colors. I’ve been fascinated with color, how it affects us with our clothes, wall colors, I’ve just watched part 1 so far, but the information has answered and sparked questions I’ve thought about for years. Never knew the full information about hue, shade, tint, saturation....this will help me pick colors. Thank you!
Colour is my favourite part too. Glad this helped
Well done you! You sort it out well. I was taught that the red/blue/yellow primaries were to do with paint or ink since all those colors combined to make black (or close) while the red/blue/green were about light and when combined, make white. Your research tells the whole story. Thank you.
When you think about pigments, you can see why the RYB system worked. But it has to do with the crystalline structure of the raw materials.
You got it! And you did it well. :) Can't wait for part 2. @@JustGetitDoneQuilts
This is amazing Karen. You just summed up in eight minutes what my art lecturers failed to do in a two hour lesson on colour theory!
I took your advice on setting the timer. Much less quilting guilt. I set it to organize my projects, then again when I go back to work on them. Much less stressful and I can stop to do the not so fun things like clean.😊
Karen! If a person can be a spirit animal, you're mine. The minute you started talking about electromagnetic radiation and additive colors i was hooked. Thank you for explaining this so well to a non-artist!
I think this is going to be a video that I'll be watching over and over again.. n can't wait for the other parts.
Excellent video on color!
Have to watch this one a few times
Been enjoying many of your videos - this one is a standout gem among them.
Mind blown. I have always struggled with color. 15 years of quilting have helped. But back in the day when I did garment sewing and selected a pattern--I would look for fabric as close to the pattern illustration as possible. This short video was very helpful--I'm sure my color woes are far from over, but I'm working on being more aware. Thank you for making this very well-done video. I'm guessing you may have been an educator somewhere in your past.
You are an excellent teacher!
This is one of those videos I would love to watch over and over again until I had it memorized. Color is so intriguing to me!
I find it so too. Glad you liked it.
So glad I found you Karen and your videos on color and picking fabric!! I ordered the color wheel you have today! I've been quilting for 30 years and while I am creative I am not artistic like my mother was. I struggle with putting fabrics together but I'm confident your videos will help me get better!!
Thank you for explaining terms I've been wanting to understand for a very long time! I'm not a quilter, but I'm watching in order to learn information essential to all art appreciation and creation.
I love when you are outside.
WOW! I think I will have to watch again, just to be sure I got it all! I never heard it explained the way you did! It makes a lot of sense! I just want to be sure I understand it all!
This is the MOST I've learned about color theory and said in the simplest way!!! AMAZING!! I've been trying to distinguish between color, hue, value etc for a long time... have read many books, but nobody said it so clearly!! GREAT teaching moment!! (or three!!) "=D Ready for next step!! :-D THANKS!!
Fabulous! 🦋💐
Thank you,
Best description of colour I've seen. Like the idea of sorting colours then looking at them in gray-scale.
im not a quilter (beginner sewer for garment making), but i've watched tons of videos of color theory in a more of a painting/drawing context and this is hands down the best video i have seen on color theory! appreciate this video a lot and despite not being a quilter, i love your channel!
Mind. Blown.
This was so helpful. I have had confusion on this for years. Now I know it was because of trying to think in 2 dimensions vs 3. I'll probably have to watch a few more times but I finally feel like I'm getting it.
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Simply amazing. Thank you!
Color is so complex, and these terms tend to tumble around in a spin cycle in my brain - it's hard to hold onto and differentiate them. Your explanation makes sense! Thanks for breaking this down into bite-sized pieces.
Wonderful explanation. I like the science to this. Helpful. I find dull dusky colours depressing. Now I understand this better. Thanks.
Well, Karen, after watching your video today, you explained what I worked on this week. I'm creating a grayscale color scheme for a quilt I'm making. I thought starting with gray would be a simple task. It seems, however, that there are blue-grays, brown grays, and true grays. It's making my head spin. However, I plugged away and separated the different types of gray, then organized them from light to dark. I'm not a natural at all when it comes to color. I am hoping that your advice will sink in and color will become more second nature as I go along. Your explanations are clear and understandable. Thanks for the video!
You are just so freaking smart! I love how you explain the science behind a lot of quilting techniques (like ironing and color!). Plus you explain it in a way that is so easy to understand. I LOVE your videos. Thank you so much for making them :)
I have struggled for so long with tone, hue and shades. Your explanation if so much clearer.
Thank you so much!
Wow...I've never had color explained so well. It's complicated at first, but you did a tremendous job making it simple but precise. Thank you...can't wait to watch Part II.
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Best explanation I’ve ever seen. I’ll have to watch this five more times to get it to stick in my brain! Thank you very much. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
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I’m going to be watching this again, several times, and taking notes! So much information I need to know that I didn’t know I needed to know! Can’t wait for the rest of the series.
And that is normal. It's like tax law, you can only absorb so much in one sitting
I have read a lot on color over several years and this is the best explanation yet. Well done! I'm going through all your videos, starting with the oldest. It's so fun! You have come a long way - no more walking to work videos. Did you imagine at the start where this journey on UA-cam would take you?
No I did not 😎
Love this, a great, easy to understand explanation. I love fabric and I love color but almost always purchase coordinated fabric bundles as I can’t seem to make good choices on my own. This video is very helpful. ❤️
You are the best teacher
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I am definitely color challenged 😊
Excellent discussion! Thank you!
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This is really helpful -- I have always been confused between the original red-yellow-blue we learned in school and the RGB system I learned as a software professional. This is the first time I've actually understood how this works -- thank you so much!
Hi Karen, I've only just found your channel and I love it. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing knowledge. You explain everthing so well. Truly brilliant. Once again thank you so much.
The exercise of arranging colored pieces and taking a greyscale photo will help me a lot. I have long wanted to make a watercolour piece, and have to stand back and try to squint at the colours to see the saturation of a swatch, because the fabric isn't a solid but a mixed pattern, and several hues, tints, tones, shades. Thanks! I need practice. Some seem to do this without effort.
It does improve with practice
YOU ARE A TREASURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have never had color theory explained so well before , that I "Get it"!!! .
I have been painting artist for most of my life! I can not wait to learn more on this subject!!
Thank you from the depth of my soul.
This goes as well for the quilting that I have done for as many years.
What you have shared is beyond what I have ever got from all the books, tapes, CD's...etc.
Sharing all you goofs and humanness!
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Thank you. I was worried about too much information. Colour theory can be like tax law. You can only take in so much at once.
Well, I had no idea there was so much to understand about colour! Up to now, I've considered texture and pattern when choosing fabric. Now I see that I'm missing out on almost important consideration- the colour spectrum! This combines sewing technique and art. (New quilter here)
Glad you're here
Science meets quilting. Thanks so much Karen for such an amazing explanation.
Wow, first time I've understood this!! I take the photo and desaturate but never understood why!! Thank you, it's SO helpful and easy to understand. My old memory needs replaying this a lot of times but what a great series.
I’m a scrapbooker & found this video very informative!!! You have a great style for sharing information, many thanks 😀. I’ll be watching this one a few times 👍🏻
Thanks for watching
Great explanation, thanks.
I totally forgotten all this info in color theory class because I didn't like my teacher in college who taught. Nice simple refresher! Your orange color samples were fabulous! I wish you had taught my color theory class 😢
I so enjoyed this first video on colour. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
I wish you could have been my algebra teacher in high school. I would have “got” it and enjoyed learning it. You break everything down into digestible bites where it makes sense to me. I found myself sayin ahhhh a lot throughout this video. Thank you!
Karen! Thank you so much for this video. I have a colour wheel - and I know I need a better/deeper understanding of what's going on with colour in picking fabrics for quilts - but I kind just stare at it. Yours is by far the best tutorial on colour I have seen (because I've been looking!). Cheers!
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Loved every single second of this video. Incredible job of explaining hues/tones/shade. My geeky heart is full!
My geeky heart really appreciates you saying this. 😊
One of the best explanations I've seen, thanks!
So much fun! And I loved knowing the acronyms
Very best video I have seen to explain color theory. Excellent! Thanks so much. So helpful! I cannot wait to watch the next one.
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