Karren,

When attempting to reproduce a color we see in nature or object, do I assume that I ALWAYS start with the pure colors?

Is there ever an instance where I'd use the mixed color combinations as my starting point?

Class was great today - love your worksheet - now that i "get"* it!

Mary

*no promises it sticks!

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Fri, 04/29/2011 - 14:22

Karren K. Brito

and thought of the worksheet.  It has it's limitations, but I'm glad that it helps.  I saw people getting started with far away colors  and knew it would take a long time to get the color they wanted. 

We never use mixed dye stocks for mixing new colors, too many errors and they become irreproducible.  But we do use the mix formulas we have generated -- they can take the place of first trials and you just refine and adjust them.  The closer you are when you start your first dyeing the faster you get to the color you want.

To repeat with an example:

If I want to dye Salmon Rose:

1. assign a Munsell Notation for Salmon Rose

2.  Look in your library for the closest color and write down that formula and its notation.

3. adjust the formula by looking at its notation and the target notation

4. dye a sample and assign a Munsell notation

5. repeat until you're there