[Steppes] Color Wheel, was garb

[Gerita/Carolle Cox]

Any art store (maybe even somewhere like Hobby Lobby or Michael's) would
possibly carry them.  You can also look in 'how to' art books.  Failing
that, here are directions for your own:

Essentially, you set up a six-wedge circle.  Assign the colors like
this, and use pure crayon colors:

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.

Red, yellow, and blue are your "primary colors"; the other three are
"secondary colors".  With this wheel, you can do a lot of fun stuff.
The color directly across the wheel is its 'opposite', and much fun can
be had playing with opposites, to begin with.

Have fun, 
Gerita

People are like stained glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the
sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their beauty is revealed only if
there is a light from within. -- Elizabeth Kübler-Ross


-----Original Message-----
From: steppes-bounces+hpockets=verizon.net at ansteorra.org
[mailto:steppes-bounces+hpockets=verizon.net at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of
Jann Mays
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:53 PM
To: arabella at elfsea.net; Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc.
Subject: RE: [Steppes] Garb question - materials


Arabella,
 
Thank you for the suggestion.  Where do I get a color wheel?  I have
already finished the dress, but that would be more than handy to have.
 
Gabrielle

Lisa Duke <arabella at elfsea.net> wrote:
Look at a color wheel and see the opposite contrasting color. I consult
my color wheel often if I'm at a loss as to what to look for. - HL
Arabella

-----Original Message-----
From: steppes-bounces+arabella=elfsea.net at ansteorra.org
[mailto:steppes-bounces+arabella=elfsea.net at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of
Jann Mays
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:47 PM
To: Steppes List
Subject: [Steppes] Garb question - materials

Greetings to those experts who have tackled silk brocades. (Chiara, I
know YOU have for sure.)

Ok, I have a rather dumb question, and I know there are several answers
to this question, but what do you think is the BEST answer?

I bought some of that beautiful brocade at Gulf Wars year before last
(it's purple cross fleuries within a diamond-pattern on black). Now that
I have recovered my sewing machine from under all of my teaching stacks,
I am ready to use it on a nice flowing Houppelande. I actually saw a
dress of this style made with the same trim.

Ok, so you know it's a silky brocade, but the color is hard to match -
it's a blue-violet and not a red-violet (which is easier to find). It
was suggested that if I can't match the purple, I should try a bright
royal blue for contrast. I'm going fabric hunting (again) and I'm not
sure if a raw silk would work (not too shimmery), a satin, a velveteen,
a linen, a panne, a dupiony silk (sp?)... or even a nice brushed
blue-violet cotton. I plan to use the brocade around the neck and at the
hem.

Any thoughts on the matter? I'm hoping to finish it by Saturday (I'm
home all day the rest of this week).

Gab.


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Que jamais ne rien faire."
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our abilities." - Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets. J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury Publishing, 1998.


		
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