Thursday, February 28, 2013

Crayon Box Colors

When I worked at the quilt shop,
it was always a challenge to interpret what
color a customer was looking for when they asked for
a "crayon box color".

A "crayon box color" is a  color word,
like:
Hunter Green
Desert Sand
Sunset Orange

Based on experiences or the ready 
availability of a crayon box, we each
could have a different interpretation  of 
what that lovely color looks like.

  Last week as I making some progress on 
my February wool transition project,
or my 11 Progress Process Plan
 I remembered another reason why
I had quietly set this project aside.

The pattern listed the required wool with color names.
I had gotten frustrated looking for the 
right colors to fit the names.

I needed:
spring green
meadow green
grass green
sage green
moss green
holly green
evergreen

I could definitely see the  differences,
but those descriptions or words just got in my way.

I finally reminded myself to use my eyes instead.
I really needed
7 greens ranging from light to dark,
and from bright to muddy.

That helped me.

I also needed:
Christmas Red
Garnet
Saltware
Rust
Wine 
and others

I really needed 8 reds that worked well together
and had enough difference that you could tell
one from the other.

I love the names of colors.
I love the images that it brings to mind.
 Wouldn't you love to have a job where you got to
name the color on paint chips or crayons:
Timber Wolf
Tickle Me Pink
Cedar Chest
Aqua Pearl

With this project
I just needed to use my eyes to 
select my colors and
not  get hung up on a those fun
descriptive words.
It worked better when I did.
Until Next Time-

5 comments:

  1. Your pattern and wools made my mouth water. And just when I think I have enough variety in my wool colors I see this and think I need to go back to the dye pots! : )
    I think I see your point, though. It is a challenge to know if you have the right colors and I your revised approach works well.

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  2. Wow Kyle - I can totally understand how overwhelming it would be to find colored wool with all those crazy names - while they ARE descriptive - they are misleading too! Glad you figured out a solution - looks like your choices are going to work perfectly!

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  3. I would like to have pieces of hand dyed wool in every color of every paint chip available. Wouldn't that be fun!

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  4. Hooray for your easing the rules on color choices. Your wools are so yummy!

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  5. That's going to be a lovely wall hanging! Great work on deciphering the colors.

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