[Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheels.

[Annette Carr]

Eileen, I like that idea.  

Many years ago I took a personal color class.  I learned that at that time I
was a contrasting solar winter.  At the end of the class, we were given a
personalized set of colors.  These were oval shaped pieces of cardboard with
a piece of colored fabric attached to the color.  There were, I'm guessing
at least 25 of these color swatches.  They were stacked and held together
with some type of mechanism that allowed you to fan out all of the swatches
so that you could see multiple colors at a time.

Linda, you mentioned a color wheel used by artist what does that look like?

I remember when we were remodeling our kitchen, the contractor gave me a
color tool to use to match colors of paint, tile and fabric.  It was a stack
of strips of cardboard that each contained the various hues of the color on
that strip.  The strips were again held together at one end so that you
could fan them out.  Something like this would be easy to add braille on
each strip.  The only problem is that I think each of these colors were
identified by a number because it was used to tint the paint made by the
company who put together this color tool.  But if you knew that a specific
range of numbers corresponded to a certain primary or secondary color, at
least we would have something to take to a store and say, I am looking for
this color, or something that compliments or contrasts it.

Does anyone have a contact with someone in the paint business who might have
"last years" color palate tool?

Annette
   

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen Scrivani
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 3:23 PM
To: Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Color Wheels.

You know what I think would be a good/helpful tool for any blind person, not
just blind crafters?  An accessible color wheel something with Braille on it
that as you turn it to one color it would be labeled in Braille with the
color and then show on the other end the colors that either coordinate or
contrast with the one selected.  At least this is how I think the color
wheels work.  Before loosing my sight, I never saw a color wheel so am not
100% sure how they work but if I understand it correctly, believe they are
useful tools for designers in picking out color choices.

Eileen
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