Thursday, November 05, 2009

Colour Combination Book

I found the idea for this book on The Scalloped Edge. I had been using a little ring with paper swatches on them, but really, it wasn't big enough to give me a good idea of how the colours looked together.
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So here is my version of a Colour Combination Book using CTMH's 60 CS colours (plus some retired colours).
Book cover: 5" x 9 5/8".
Colour swatches: 3" x 4.5".

60 pieces of CS add up to quite a bit, lol.
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In the back, I added a couple of pages for RGB Values and (eventually) Copic Colours.
Enjoy,
Deneen

11 comments:

  1. Fabulous project! Does each section have the full 60 color spectrum?

    Paige

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  2. Hi Paige,yes each section holds the 60 colours.
    Hope that helps. Thanks for looking.
    Deneen

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  3. Did you use the bind it all? What size rings did you use? By the way thanks for sharing.

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  4. Hi Bernardine, I did use the Bind It All for the book, except a friend did it for me as I don't have one. The rings measure 1". Hope that helps,
    Deneen

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  5. Yes it does help. Thank you!!! I think that's the size I already have.

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  6. What a great idea! I LOVE this and may have to make one for myself - TFS!

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  7. Deneen,

    LOVE this book! A few questions:
    *Did you use chipboard or just CS for your covers?
    *Did you stack your swatches in color groups or by CTMH season?
    *Did you label each swatch with its color name? How about whether it was retired?
    *Do you plan to add pages as new colors are introduced? Do you think that will be easy to do?

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  8. Hi there,
    In answer to your questions (thanks for asking!):
    *I used CTMH White Daisy CS and covered it with B&T paper,
    *I stacked my colours in seasons, starting with Spring Harmony then Spring Blossom etc.,
    *I did eventually label each colour, I added the retired colours after the Basic colours,
    *I do plan to add the new colours in, I think it will be easy enough, just take off the wire binding, punch the holes in the new swatches (put the retired swatches in the retired colours section), and add a new wire binding...that's my plan anyways, I guess I'll find out the first time if it doesn't work.

    Hopefully I answered your questions, thanks for asking. If you have any other questions, just let me know.

    Deneen

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  9. Thanks so much for answering my questions. I can't wait to make one!

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I love hearing from you, thanks so much for the kind comments!