So, here's me thinking about how I use colors ...
1. What is your current favorite color? Purple. Or Green. Definitely one of those...
![Candystripe Handspun Yarn](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1009/533626325_2a50635480.jpg)
2. Had your favorite color changed over the years? Just flips between those two, mainly. Though I've had seasons/urges toward flame colors, marine colors... those have been temporary flings.
3. Is your current favorite color one that is currently trendy? Hmmm. I can usually find a purple or a green in most clothes, though I've noticed lately that Burgundy, Black, and Cream are popular -- leaving me without a purple or a green to pick from!
![A one-bite yarn cake](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/461933301_9e815ddcda_t.jpg)
5. Is that combination a popular one? ummm ... no.
6. What is your favorite way of using color in your knitting? multicolor yarn to start with -- I'll dye self-patterning yarns for socks, hats, etc. Or spin space-dyed roving for color effects. I am not hugely comfortable with fair isle knitting, and not a fan of intarsia, so I tend to look for slip-stitch patterns for color work.
7. What colors look good on you? Black. Green. A hint of purple. Peach.
8. What colors look bad on you? Red. Brown (it washes me out). White -- because it gets dirt on it, like, immediately!.
9. Do you wear colors that don’t look good on you just because you like them? Well, I wear Brown -- but when I want to blend into the background. Camoflauge can be useful ;-)
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11. Is there a sweater pattern that uses more than one color that you’d like to make, but you wish to change the colors from what is published? I often change the colors used in a pattern -- autumn hues to purples, for example. There is, actually, a sweater I'd love to make -- the Bohus Large Lace Collar Jacket (fourth from the bottom). But not with the black main color! A nice forest green, maybe. It's just that I'm not comfortable picking the replacement colors myself. I know, it's fair isle -- but for Bohus, I'd do it!
Kristi's color series starts with her Introduction, her own answers to the Meme, and then gets into the meat of color:
Part I: Hue and the Color Wheel
Part II: Color Descriptors I
Part III: Color Descriptors II
So, join the Meme, post your answers, read the color study, and ponder ... as my friend and color artist Renne says, What Hue are You?
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See the Color tag for a list of Ask The Bellwether posts on Color. See EyeCandy for posts with pretty pictures, and even more on my Flickr account!
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