[Nfb-krafters-korner] colors, charts, opinions, and fashion trends

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Hi all --
I think these discussions are interesting but can't always be taken as 
gospel -- I mean, beauty is in the eyes of the beholders, and the more 
beholders the more opinions.
It is also true that when you combine colors, you are generating an 
impression, not just an emotion.  For example, colors can be "warm" or 
"cool", and sometimes putting warm and cool together can clash, but other 
times the combination gives a different impression, like cool water below a 
warm sunset or whatever.
And of course, fashions change so that some color combinations that were 
never used at one time, become popular later on -- lkike decorating in blue 
and green. I happen to like it, my mother doesn't.
I also was a bit startled the first time I saw bright orange and hot pink 
together in the same fabric, but now it's one of my favorite combinations. 
Before it looked to me like the pink and the orange were "fighting" for 
dominance, but later they worked together for some reason.  The mind is a 
strange thing.
Finally, I was always of the opinion that cool colors with lots of blue or 
green do not work well with pumpkin or muted orange.  Then I bought myself a 
jacket with a colorful print that included not only blues, greens, olive, 
and pumpkin orange, but also fuchsia, black, and white.  Sounds awful, but 
from a distance it gave a striking autumn impression. I wore that thing all 
the time.
I think the people who design some of the prints you find in fabrics are 
amazingly talented.
I can't see much any more, only the brighter colors, and only if the color 
covers a large area.  But color has always been exciting to me.
Hope this email has some value.
I think the safest bet is to ask at least 2 or 3 sighted friends for an 
opinion, if you can't see the colors yourself.
Even then it gets confusing because people don't know what to call some 
color shades. In fact, companies that sell clothes and makeup all have 
different names for certain shades.
Sorry, I'll end here.
Red and green and white are safe during the holidays.  :)
Happy krafting.
--le