Tips for choosing color combinations?
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soapbox
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soapbox
9 months, 2 weeks ago by soapbox
ive recently been making a lot of bracelets so i can start selling some at my school art festivals but i find i have trouble coming up with good color combinations that arent blue/green schemes, if anyone has any tips for how you decide color combinations or even just some of your favorite color combinations that would be greatly appreciated!
EggMan
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EggMan
9 months, 2 weeks ago by EggMan
There is an excellent tutorial for it in the tutorial section of the site:

https://www.braceletbook.com/tutorials/152_guide-to-picking-colour-combinations/

They have very good tips, and I find it very helpful when I can't decide on colors for what I'm working on.
EggMan
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EggMan
9 months, 2 weeks ago by EggMan
Good luck on selling your work!
soapbox
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soapbox
9 months, 2 weeks ago by soapbox
@EggMan thank you! ill take a look at that tutorial for sure!
Str1ngz
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Str1ngz
9 months, 2 weeks ago by Str1ngz
If you want, there is also a random colour palette generator called coolors, if you type coolors.co into the search bar it should come up! It's designed to generate colour schemes either randomly or based on a few colours of your choice. I hope this helps! 🙂
maevepren
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maevepren
9 months, 2 weeks ago by maevepren
For me I love looking at Pinterest!! it always has the best color palettes. you can literally look up anything, i usually pick a theme and add “color palette” to the end of my search (for example if you wanted pastels you could search “pastel color palette” or for a movie “harry potter color palette”!!!)
Sparrows
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Sparrows
9 months, 1 week ago by Sparrows
There are also some simple color theory guides that can be helpful! I personally like to start by picking a "main" color and then building a palette around it. I find a simple graphic like the one I'll link to be a good thing to reference if I'm feeling stuck in the color picking process. It's probably not a method for everybody, but it works for me c:

https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*IVfHFJQIYQ9UweKGyAbtXQ.jpeg
kambri1224
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kambri1224
9 months, 1 week ago by kambri1224
A lot of times I like to look at what thread colors I have a lot of and might want to use up, or I look at other people's photos and see what looks pretty.
kamilii777
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kamilii777
9 months ago by kamilii777
I think you should look on Pinterest I find unusual but cool colors.
karalee98
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karalee98
8 months ago by karalee98
I agree on Pinterest I typed in color palette combinations and there are so many different colors that come up. I hope this helps
emp217
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emp217
8 months ago by emp217
There is a mobile app game called blendoku. It's really fun and it gives you really cool ideas of color combos!
stringchee
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stringchee
7 months, 1 week ago by stringchee
Coolers.co is especially cool! (they also have an app for mobile users) and you have the option of choosing a palette from a photo, (I have used this for sampling color palettes from Album covers)
cecibee87
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cecibee87
7 months, 1 week ago by cecibee87
@stringchee I just googled that and all it said was that the domain is for sale. Are you sure that’s the right address?
soapbox
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soapbox
7 months, 1 week ago by soapbox
@cecibee87 im familiar with the site they mentioned, its just a misspelling the website is called coolors.co!
cecibee87
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cecibee87
7 months ago by cecibee87
@soapbox Thanks I found it 😍
slayqueen1
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slayqueen1
6 months, 1 week ago by slayqueen1
I like https://mycolor.space/?hex=%23845EC2&sub=1 because you can add a main colour and it will build loads of palettes around that. I also like coolers because you can check out the trending palettes, especially if you want to sell your bracelets you can see what’s popular
feiwafeiwa
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feiwafeiwa
6 months, 1 week ago by feiwafeiwa
I like to get inspiration from colorhunt.co, then expand or change the palettes as needed. You'll develop a sense for it as you practice.
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