A Look at Color.
One of the many joys of knitting
is the planning stage: choosing colors
that work well together—whether
they be variations of the same blue
hue or high-contrast opposites. If you
choose colors that you love, either
by themselves or in conjunction with
other colors, you will enjoy your
knitting even more.
Sometimes it’s hard to choose colors that go well together. You
may find yourself drawn to the same color combinations over and
over again and decide you need a nudge in a new direction; or
perhaps the color combination you would choose is not available
in a particular yarn. Looking at books on color knitting can help.
Or you can use a color wheel like this one. To use it, you simply
choose a starting color. Then you aim one of the points of the
triangles or rectangles to the starting color and see what colors
the color selector recommends. You may find a color combination
that you never would have thought of on your own.Here is a combination of three colors that was chosen using a color
selector. Opposites often work well together, as long as they’re not
so bright that they vibrate and are hard to look at. Sets of opposites
are blue and orange, red and green, and yellow and violet. The next
time you’re at a yarn shop, try comparing variations of these combi-
nations to see how they work together.Choosing Colors That Work Together