COLORFUL SCRAPBOOK P

     COLORFUL SCRAPBOOK PAGES

Some tips on making your scrapbook pages stand out. Let’s look at some Christmas pages. Notice that a lot of red and green are used. Now let’s look at a color wheel and we find that red and green are complimentary.

In this post we want to look a little closer at the color wheel. Every color on the wheel has a compliment. When you are planning a page and are arranging your photos and clippings pick out a color that you want to design around and go to your color wheel. If you don’t have a color wheel I have seen them in craft stores, fabric stores and paint stores.

We talked a little about complimentary colors on the color wheel. To find a complimentary color to the color you selected look across the wheel (imagine there is a diameter line from your color to the other side of the wheel).

Locate the color you have chosen on the wheel again, the other colors in the some group are colors in the same monochromatic group. Selecting colors in this fashion usually results in a color scheme pleasing to look at.

If you were considering a color next to (adjacent to) the color you selected you would be considering an analogous color scheme. The also can be pleasing to look upon.

If you don’t have a color wheel consider getting one. They are not expensive and they will bring an added dimension to your creativity.