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As promised last week, here is a small group of quilts that use the green and blue analogous color plan to create their designs. Each is quite different in design and color use. I have featured a quilt by Margarete Steinhauer from Estes Park, Colorado and one by Jane Hall from Raleigh, North Carolina. I love both of their quilts and I hope you will too. There are two additional images in this post, both showing analogous colorings in this selected blue-green range. If you are a lover of blues and greens, perhaps you have made your own quilts with this color combination. It’s a beautiful color span to work with and it’s probably the most popular color combination. Enjoy!

Tsunami by Margarete Steinhauer, Estes Park, Colorado

In Tsunami, the subtle color changes appear to move from chartreuse to turquoise—–and  perhaps a smattering of cerulean blue too. Besides the beautiful color blends, this is a masterpiece in design. Margarete’s use of line, direction, color, and texture make this a stunning design. Tsunami was created in 2006. It is 43″ x 41″.  By the way, this quilt is featured on its own page in my new book Adventures in Design. I guess you can tell that I absolutely love this quilt!  I am simply spellbound by it. (Photo by Joe Ofia, Arlington, Massachusetts)

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Today is green day. I have rarely met a green I didn’t like, so I am excited about featuring this diverse group of colors.

Since most vegetation is green, it’s not hard to believe that green is the most prevalent color in nature.  What’s really important to realize is green is not just green. The word green is not only used as a name of a color; but it is also the name of a range of green colors that vary in their makeup and personalities. This green spectrum includes six colors: chartreuse, yellow-green, spring green, green, blue-green, and aqua green.  If you gaze into a garden or a woodland, it would not be surprising to see the total green spectrum represented in trees, shrubs, plants, and grasses.

Notice how beautiful the range of greens are—moving from warm chartreuse to cool aqua green.  The green that lies between spring green and blue-green is temperature neutral—it doesn’t have a leaning toward warmth or coolness. Its name is green.  You can see the three green families  on one side of this green appear warm while the two green families on the other side appear cool. (Color temperature will be addressed in a future blog.)

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