{"id":38225,"date":"2017-09-22T10:04:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T17:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=38225"},"modified":"2017-09-21T10:34:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T17:34:08","slug":"colorplay-freeway-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/colorplay-freeway-view\/","title":{"rendered":"ColorPlay: Freeway View"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Freeway View<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The weather this week has been good. It has not been deathly hot and there have been some lovely clouds. I took a photo while out on a lunchtime walk, which I decided to use for this week’s ColorPlay.<\/p>\n

We are using Bella Solids instead of Kona Solids this week.<\/p>\n

I tried to click the shutter when there were few cars, but you can still see them through the trees. I liked the green in front with the hills in the back. I prefer green hills, but still thought this was a lovely view.<\/p>\n

\"ColorPlay<\/a>
ColorPlay Sept 22 default<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The default, as we have discovered is normal, was heavily neutral. This palette looks like a 1970s decorator showcase house palette.<\/p>\n

\"ColorPlay<\/a>
ColorPlay Sept 22 n.1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I decided to try a monochromatic palette next. I was able to find six different blues in the photo. None of the colors are the bright turquoise I love, but the Little Boy Blue and Robin’s Egg aren’t bad.<\/p>\n

\"ColorPlay<\/a>
ColorPlay Sept 22 n.2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I decided to see if I could create another\u00a0monochromatic palette and was mostly successful with green. I find the greens to be good greens for nature, but not bright enough for my quiltmaking.<\/p>\n

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ColorPlay Sept 22 n.3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While really not my thing, I decided to try and make a palette with darks. I think I succeeded and I do like that dark blue. Otherwise, the palette looks more like the dresser of teenage boy than a palette I would use for a quilt.<\/p>\n

\"ColorPlay<\/a>
ColorPlay Sept 22 n.4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next, I looked at combining the two monochromatic palettes to see if I could get something that I might actually use in a quilt. This is a nice palette. I really like the Dark Teal color. That makes this palette for me. I am still not much of a fan of the Avocado. The Leaf color is ok, though it takes on some of the qualities of the Avocado when sitting next to it.<\/p>\n

\"ColorPlay<\/a>
ColorPlay Sept 22 n.5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, I wanted to see what I could do with the hills that wouldn’t produce a deadly beige palette. There is that Dove, which looks more beige than grey to me. This might make a nice soft boy baby quilt. It doesn’t have the contrast that people insist babies want\/need, however.<\/p>\n

Have you made any interesting palettes lately? Please share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The weather this week has been good. It has not been deathly hot and there have been some lovely clouds. I took a photo while out on a lunchtime walk, which I decided to use for this week’s ColorPlay. We are using Bella Solids instead of Kona Solids this week. I tried to click the … Continue reading “ColorPlay: Freeway View”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[310,311,319,330],"class_list":["post-38225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-color","tag-creativity","tag-inspiration","tag-other-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}