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Thread: need some advice on what to name a color
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TakeelahSunrise
Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:03 am
#4
Mauvealso known as RosyBrown?
Message Edited by TakeelahSunrise on 02-06-2004 01:11 PM
Syzygy-Gorath
Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:09 am
#5
Maybe I lack creativity, but I tend to name the darkest shade in each family, then name the rest based off that—for me that color would be Maroon-3. (18 would be Maroon-2, 19 Maroon-1, 20 Maroon)
NJ62
Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:19 am
#6
That's the way I do it too... Red, Orange, etc... and then -1, -2 as I go down the list. I've never seen another tailor do it that way...
Srednii
Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:02 pm
#7
NJ62 wrote:
That's the way I do it too... Red, Orange, etc... and then -1, -2 as I go down the list. I've never seen another tailor do it that way...
lol, how do you label your grey's, since there's like 6 different grey scales in the full pallet 
. Or do you do like me and just pick one of the "sets" to use, and avoid the others 
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. Or do you do like me and just pick one of the "sets" to use, and avoid the others .Or like blues, theres I think 3 differet blue scales. 3 differt greens, ect. To be honest I tend to pick colors I like and make up names. I have a forest green, a vivid green, a mint (the lightest vivid green), an Ice (lightest forest green). blue, light blue (I don't like any of the other blues). I only use one orange, the second most dark orange (I don't like the other oranges).
I tend to only use the deep red gained at master, and not the maroon set of reds, tho I've also used a pink from the light end of the scale,I think I might rename that coral now tho .
.I've got a nice deep brown I use for leather, and a tan I like for desert camo's. And a greenish tan color I like that I've named olive.
Thanks for the suggestions all... I think I'm leaning toward "dusky pink". I'll have to see when I log next how it looks when colored and labelled so .
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NJ62
Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:31 pm
#8
g0nzo
Fri Feb 06, 2004 12:33 pm
#9
I try to come up with descriptive/not soo boring names, but i am not that great at them. However the middle of the medium Blue (2nd row of blues) has become periwinkle.
I use Fire Engine Red (TM) for the master red, maroon for the 3rd row up of red ( i think) Berry Red for the middle row of reds (which leads to berry pink)
I have a Bright Green, Olive Drab Green, Forest Green, Mint, and Aqua I use regularly.
Purples are Bright Purple, Grape, and Wine for each of the rows, and I just add light to it if they are in the middle of the row, or whatever i feel like.
I would go with Mauve for the pink from the dusters, it is sufficiently vague for guys to not think it is girly right away,and girls know what color it is.
I am having trouble nameing the 4th row up of blues, I usually call it marine blue, or bluegrey, depending on what day it is. Sometimes it is Steely blue, which i might stick with. I have seen some good names for colors, but I hate to steal the names from my own server.
I use Fire Engine Red (TM) for the master red, maroon for the 3rd row up of red ( i think) Berry Red for the middle row of reds (which leads to berry pink)
I have a Bright Green, Olive Drab Green, Forest Green, Mint, and Aqua I use regularly.
Purples are Bright Purple, Grape, and Wine for each of the rows, and I just add light to it if they are in the middle of the row, or whatever i feel like.
I would go with Mauve for the pink from the dusters, it is sufficiently vague for guys to not think it is girly right away,and girls know what color it is.
I am having trouble nameing the 4th row up of blues, I usually call it marine blue, or bluegrey, depending on what day it is. Sometimes it is Steely blue, which i might stick with. I have seen some good names for colors, but I hate to steal the names from my own server.
Srednii
Fri Feb 06, 2004 1:05 pm
#10
color #17 on the pallet used for gunmans dusters (start at white, count to the right), it's kinda a greyish pink... or something. A puke pink, or salmon color.
Anyways I just can't decide what to call it when labeling my clothing. anyone have any suggestions?
I make (black), (white), (leather), (tan), (Lt.green), and (green) dusters now, just trying to expand my range a little.
Syzygy-Gorath
Sat Feb 07, 2004 3:28 am
#11
Srednii wrote:
NJ62 wrote:
That's the way I do it too... Red, Orange, etc... and then -1, -2 as I go down the list. I've never seen another tailor do it that way...
lol, how do you label your grey's, since there's like 6 different grey scales in the full pallet
Or like blues, theres I think 3 differet blue scales. 3 differt greens, ect. To be honest I tend to pick colors I like and make up names. I have a forest green, a vivid green, a mint (the lightest vivid green), an Ice (lightest forest green). blue, light blue (I don't like any of the other blues). I only use one orange, the second most dark orange (I don't like the other oranges).
I tend to only use the deep red gained at master, and not the maroon set of reds, tho I've also used a pink from the light end of the scale,I think I might rename that coral now tho
I've got a nice deep brown I use for leather, and a tan I like for desert camo's. And a greenish tan color I like that I've named olive.
Thanks for the suggestions all... I think I'm leaning toward "dusky pink". I'll have to see when I log next how it looks when colored and labelled so
Greys: Black (yeah, I know, it's really midnight), Charcoal, Heather, Slate. Blues: Steel Blue, Dark Blue, Medium Blue, Light Blue. Greens: Dark Green, Olive Green, Light Green, Matte Green. Et cetera. I haven't named all of the families yet…but I've got about 20 of them named so far.
Really makes it easier to only have to name 1 in 7 colors as opposed to however many I use on a regular basis (and I use a lot of colors on a regular basis.)
NJ62
Sat Feb 07, 2004 10:02 am
#12
I've picked a "line" of gray and use it. The one I have trouble with is tan.I try to be consistent and name them Tan1 Tan2 and Tan3 going from top to bottom, and the same with the browny/fleshys. But I really suck at Tan, I admit it, because they all look the same to me.
Srednii
Sat Feb 07, 2004 11:11 am
#13
NJ62 wrote:
I've picked a "line" of gray and use it. The one I have trouble with is tan.I try to be consistent and name them Tan1 Tan2 and Tan3 going from top to bottom, and the same with the browny/fleshys. But I really suck at Tan, I admit it, because they all look the same to me.
ya those tans are freaky. Color some clothing and it looks like it's a nice tan, but then next week you try to color another tan outfit and again it looks like a nice tan, but it turns out to be totally different from the previous tan. I've got a tan refrence peice in my backpack I use to make sure I'm always using the same tan when I craft lol.
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