Go to your wardrobe and take a quick visual of the clothes hanging there. You will likely notice one or two colours that you seem to have more of. For me, that colour is black. It’s not that I want to look like I’m dressed to attend a funeral every day. It’s that black tends to be more flattering for my body shape and also seems to be the only colour consistently available in the size I need.
So, once again, this is another source of dissatisfaction for me with my own wardrobe, I feel that I’m forced into choosing one colour.
It can be so hard to know which colours suit best, especially if you are very light featured like me (naturally blonde hair, pale skin, hazel eyes). I found this page from Headcovers.com that is actually written for hair loss sufferers, but has fantastic information on colour and finding your Colour Season. If you check it out, make sure you go through all of the questions right to the bottom of the page, it’s such valuable information.
Once you have an idea which colours might be suitable for you, there are other online tools to help you combine colours. Most of these are based on the colour wheel. Sites like Html Colour Codes have free colour picker tools to show you various relationships between colours. For example, in the above image I selected purple as my main colour as it’s one of my favourites. Then from the drop down menu underneath I selected “analogous” and got this colour palette.
Next I selected “tetradic” from the drop down menu and got a different colour palette. Explanations of all the colour relationship terms can be found my scrolling down the page below the colour picker tool.
Not just handy for choosing colours to dress in, but also colours for your next weaving project!
So, how is my Clothtober project going? Slowly! But that is to be expected. Weaving and sewing a garment from scratch is not a fast process. I’m still at the stage of dressing the loom. I’m not going to stress about getting it done quickly, I’ll just accept that it will take time and eventually it will be done. And then hopefully I will want to make more!
I hope you’re feeling inspired to weave and sew something for yourself for Clothtober too – I give you permission to take your time!
To read the next post, showing the cloth in progress, click here.
Until next time…
Happy Weaving!
Colour! This subject gives me nightmares! Every time I need to choose colour combinations I become stuck in a loop that goes on for hours, sometimes for days. No wonder my wardrobe is predominately black … no decisions on colour need to be made. Thank you so much for the colour related links, they are bookmarked and I’ll be a frequent visitor.
Sounds like we have the same problem!
Kelly, Thank you for the this article and for the reference to Headcovers.com. I agree, that is the best tool I used to find colors best for me.
That was really informative Kelly and I thank you for helping out with what I find quite difficult, colour schemes.
Love your knowledge and more so your willingness to share and help others. Thank you.
Thank you for reading!
I am having a difficult time visualizing what a finished cloth will look like using different colors for the weft. I make little swatches to watch the interaction of the colors but it is still difficult to pick the proper color for the weft. I am stuck on this for my Clothtober. I kind of know what I want and I just have to make a sample to actually see the interaction of the colors.
It’s great you’re taking the time to make swatches, it’s well worth the effort!