{"id":5692,"date":"2014-01-19T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=5692"},"modified":"2014-01-19T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T19:04:44","slug":"planning-your-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/planning-your-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning Your Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So with this talk of color palettes all week, I thought I ought to stop and add that you don&#8217;t need to follow Pantone&#8217;s colors for the season. Get to know your market, as well as the colors you prefer to work with, and build your own signature palette for the season.<\/p>\n<p>I know for some people, how to put together a color scheme is a bit of a mystery. But there is help out there! Several sites online have tools that allow you to make your own palettes. This one here is a new favorite of mine because of its relative simplicity and the fact that you can save your color exploration in your own account.<\/p>\n<p>To create a color palette, you choose a color on the wheel in the bottom right then use the sliders on the upper right to adjust hue, tint (addition of white) and\/or shade (addition of black). The boxes below the color wheel give you 5 options for types of color schemes that can be created off that first color.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colourlovers.com\/copaso#\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5693\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/planning-your-colors\/colourdesign\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ColourDesign.jpg?fit=1021%2C666&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1021,666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ColourDesign\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ColourDesign.jpg?fit=430%2C280&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5693\" alt=\"ColourDesign\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ColourDesign-480x313.jpg?resize=480%2C313\" width=\"480\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ColourDesign.jpg?resize=480%2C313&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ColourDesign.jpg?resize=150%2C97&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ColourDesign.jpg?w=1021&amp;ssl=1 1021w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colourlovers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ColourLovers<\/a> community on this site to save palettes, swatches and images in your account. I haven&#8217;t explored everything this site has to offer yet but I sure am having fun checking it all out. Try this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colourlovers.com\/copaso#\" target=\"_blank\">palette maker<\/a> for yourself!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover 13-P4 web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cover-13-P4-web.jpg?resize=122%2C158\" width=\"122\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayworkshop.com\/cane-builder-subscription\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PCW_flower tile canes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PCW_flower-tile-canes-480x480.jpg?resize=130%2C130\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhimsicalbead.com.au\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WhimsicalBead051512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WhimsicalBead051512.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So with this talk of color palettes all week, I thought I ought to stop and add that you don&#8217;t need to follow Pantone&#8217;s colors for the season. Get to know your market, as well as the colors you prefer to work with, and build your own signature palette for the season. 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