The color wheel we will be focusing our studies on is made up of twelve colors, three primary, three secondary, and six tertiary colors. Over the next few months we will be looking at those twelve basic colors that make up the color wheel.
This month you will be applying primary colors to your selected block. Primary colors are the three colors that can not be made by mixing any other colors; Red, Yellow, and Blue. They are also the base of all other colors; all colors can be made by mixing primary colors.
YOUR PRIMARY COLORS BLOCK
There are only three primary colors so you will need to use discretion when applying fabrics to your block. The block you selected should have more than three changeable components; you will use all of these as our color study lessons advance. However, this month you will need to apply the same fabric, or at least the same color, to more than one of those components.
Our sample block contains a variety of prints and solids in different values of each color; Red, Yellow, and Blue.
You can choose to use just three fabrics to illustrate the primary colors, or you can select tints and shades or a variety of prints to convey the primary colors. You should be making a quilt block that you will love, so if you want to use only shades or only tints that is up to you. Remember, so much about color and color theory is how you personally view the colors and what you like. Below we are providing some sample pulls of different print fabrics that could be used to make your block dynamic. This illustrates that from almost any stash you can find a primary color scheme of fabrics!
Once you select your primary color fabrics apply them to your block. Make sure you are including all three primary colors; Red, Yellow, and Blue. Share your blocks with hashtag #bouldermqgcolorstudy19.
