Gloria's notes on Value and Color

Value

Notes from class by Grace Errea

Value does all the work – color gets all the credit

Hue – pure color, these are divided into primary and secondary – can go on ----and on

Toned hue – pure color plus grey  Also called saturation or purity of color

Tint – pure color plus white

Shade – pure color plus black

Value – light and dark – tints and shades

Train your eye to see ‘value’

Errea uses a scale of 8 values of a hue   plus black and white     -  Many other systems are out there – I found her 8 scale simple to use

Value – appears relative to its neighbor  it is also  (like color) personal, one person's yellow is another’s green.    

Can sort fabrics according to color (hue) then organize by value

For art – and for quilting – variations in value please the eye.   Contrast  - can be great or subtle.

Distance –colors farther away look lighter -

If not sure of value, photo copy fabric along with grey scale and compare

Harmonious colors

Monochromatic – one hue – various values  (made need small bit of other color to provide  ‘punch’ and prevent boredom)

Analogous – hues next to each other – 3 to 5 best

Opposites – opposite on color wheel

Achromatic – one hue and white  i.e. black/white

Triadic – 3 equally opposite colors (triangle on color wheel)

Yellow/purple    raise the value by at least 1 because of the intensity of the color – can sometimes be true of orange – try a 2 or 3 instead of a 4 or 5

Remember these are guidelines – use what pleases you – trust yourself.