Understanding Value – Color Basics – The Handweaving Academy

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What’s the most important part of a color? Surprisingly, it’s not whether it’s blue or green, or whether it’s dull gray or cherry red. The most vital aspect of color is its darkness – what colorists call value. In this class, you’ll learn why value controls the patterning in your handwoven cloth and contributes strongly to the mood of your designs. You’ll also learn how to determine value accurately to help you design, and explore your tastes in value combinations.

Equipment needed

A smartphone or digital camera that can produce black-and-white images (most digital cameras/smartphones will do this)
A color printer

Weaving skills needed

None

Course Content

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

What is value and why is it important? Included with Membership

CHAPTER TWO: SEEING VALUES ACCURATELY

Perceiving value Included with Membership

Exercise: Organize your stash! Included with Membership

CHAPTER THREE: VALUE AND DESIGN

Value and pattern Included with Membership

Value and mood: Lighting Included with Membership

Value and mood: Drama Included with Membership

Exercise: Understand how value affects your tastes in design Included with Membership

Understanding Value – Color Basics

Equipment needed

Weaving skills needed

Course Content

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Course Includes

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Understanding Value – Color Basics

Equipment needed

Weaving skills needed

Course Content

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Course Includes

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Keep in mind that the same word might be spelled in different ways – selvage and selvedge, dornick and dornik, etc.

Add extra descriptors to narrow a search, or take them off to get more results. Selvage will turn up results related to selvages of any kind, but floating selvage will narrow the results to only things that mention those two words together.

You can use the search button that’s always visible at the top of the page to search the entire site. It works just like this search field – except that you don’t even have to hit Return!

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