Continued from Nature's Color Palettes: A Few More
I'm still taking photos to play with for color palettes.
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| Moss |
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| Moss color palette |
By using Gimp photo editor's zoom, I was able to find "hidden" colors, like the orangey browns in the moss.
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| Quartz |
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| Quartz color palette |
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| Fungi |
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| Fungi color palette |
Interestingly, the fungi color palette is very similar to the natural colors of Shetland sheep fleece.
It also reminded me of one of the samples I wove for my Crackle sampler with natural, medium brown, and dark gray yarns.
Maybe that's why the color combination was so appealing to me.
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| Palette of natural cotton colors |
Observations:
- My winter season color palettes are primarily browns, grays, blues, and greens
- The greens are mostly warm greens.
- Also, I'm realizing how much my eye blends and assumes what colors I'm seeing. When I use the photo editor color picker, I get the color of one pixel which sometimes surprises me because my brain has interpreted the blend of colors differently.
- Because of that, I have to admit that these palettes are only possible because I'm using a computer.
- And that has me wondering about color blending in weaving, which is a complex topic.
- Lots more to ponder and explore.
I'm surprised your app didn't pick up even brighter tones, like red and peach, in the quartz photo!
ReplyDeleteMichelle, they might have been there, but I only randomly chose a dozen or so samples. I don't know if it would be possible to find all possible samples, but I wonder. It's an interesting exercise.
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