Comments on: Color Theory Basics for Knitting and Crocheting

By: Custom Bear Hugs

Custom Bear Hugs — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:20:00 +0000

Such a great way to demonstrate this topic. Thank you!

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By: Mmgandco

Mmgandco — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:02:00 +0000

Thank you for your information on the color combination, how easy to do. I will surely try this method!..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:54:00 +0000

Hi, Jean. Aside from Miaren’s great suggestion, I’d recommend using Microsoft Office (or any word processing software) as a tool for color pairing. Simply right-click on the color swatch online and select “Copy Image”. Now, go to your Word document, right-click, and select “Paste”. The swatch image should now appear in your document. As a bonus, you can type up all of the names of the swatches and save them in the document, then you can print them as a shopping list to take to the craft store. I hope that helps!

By: Miaren Crowsdaughter

Miaren Crowsdaughter — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:31:00 +0000

One thing I’ll do is do a screen-shot (there should be a key on your keyboard to do this), and then paste into MSPaint or another graphics program. Then I can shuffle the swatches around to compare them. It’s not perfect, but it usually gives a fairly good substitute for being there in person.

By: Jeanchambor

Jeanchambor — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:16:00 +0000

What’s hardest, is when buying online, you can’t combine other swatches together to see what they will look like in your work.