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Simple to use color wheels allow you to use fabric in helping to make your color decisions. Add in the Color Evaluators and you have the perfect combo for making decisions on fabric for your next quilt.


Create-a-Color Wheel
Color Evaluator II
Color Evaluator II

3-in-1 Color Tool
  

Color Wheels and Tools


Rainbow Color Selector

  1. Large Size
  2. Purse Size
  3. Both

Rainbow Color Selector
Large: 10 3/4"

Our price $8.96
MSRP: $9.95


Rainbow Color Selector
Purse: 4 7/8"

Our price $5.39
MSRP: $5.99



BOTH: Rainbow Color Selectors

1. Large Rainbow Selector
2. Purse Rainbow Selector

15% off when buying BOTH sizes
Our price $13.55
MSRP: $15.94

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Over the Rainbow Color Masking Tool

Over the Rainbow Color Masking Tool

  1. Large Size
  2. Purse Size
  3. Both

Includes:

  • 5 Double-sided Masking Templates
  • 10 Adhesive Attachment Pieces
  • Direction Sheet

Over the Rainbow Color Masking Tool
Large: 10 3/4"

Our price $13.50
MSRP: $15.00


Over the Rainbow Color Masking Tool
Purse: 5"

Our price $5.39
MSRP: $5.99

BOTH: Over the Rainbow Color Masking Tools


1. Large Over the Rainbow Color Masking Tool
2. Purse Over the Rainbow Color Masking Tool

15% off when buying BOTH sizes
Our price $17.84
MSRP: $20.99

Color Evaluator II

Color Evaluator II

Red and Green to help determine fabric value

Color Evaluator II

Our price $6.43
MSRP: $7.15


 

Color Package

1. Color Evaluator II
2. Large Rainbow Selector
3. Purse Rainbow Selector

18% off when buying 3 color tools
Our price $18.85
MSRP: $22.89

Premium Color Package

1. Color Evaluator II
2. Large Rainbow Selector
3. Purse Rainbow Selector
4. Large Over the Rainbow Color Masking Tool
5. Purse Over the Rainbow Color Masking Tool

20% off when buying 5 color tools
Our price $35.26
MSRP: $44.08

Tonal Color Selector


Rainbow Tonal Color Selector

  1. Large Size
  2. Purse Size
  3. Both

Rainbow Tonal Color Selector
Large: 10 3/4"

Our price $8.96
MSRP: $9.95


Rainbow Tonal Color Selector
Purse: 5"

Our price $5.39
MSRP: $5.99


BOTH: Rainbow Tonal Color Selector

1. Large Rainbow Tonal Selector
2. Purse Rainbow Tonal Selector

15% off when buying BOTH sizes
Our price $13.55
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Rainbow Tonal Color SelectorRainbow Color Selector & Tonal Color Selector

Pick, Point & Match -- yes it is that easy!

Color coordination is sometimes difficult for quilters. Your computer quilt is on the screen but you are stumped for sound color direction. Also, questions come up when working with a favorite fabric like, " Now what?" OR you want to add the edge to your quilt and make your fabric combination just a little different from everyone else. Well quilters cheer up, help is here!

The Rainbow Color Selector is the perfect color wheel to do just that because it is designed with see-through windows to place your fabric behind (see picture above), then the fun begins as the Rainbow Color Selector geometric shapes point out the perfect color combinations for you to try (see picture above).

Easy to Use:

  • Pick a main color by placing your FABRIC, paint chip, fiber, or paper under the closest match see-through window.
  • Point to your fabric window to one of the easy-to-see geometric shapes that create color matching schemes to help you out.
  • Match the numbers built into the color match.
  • YES, it is that easy!

Plus: Each Rainbow Color Selector comes with a plain language guide that is easy to understand as it explains color combinations suggestions. What a great aide to the quilter who needs some help in the color confidence area.

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Color Evaluator II

Viewing multiple fabrics through the red and green plastic strips reveals which fabrics are light, medium, or dark value. The red and green color of the plastic strips filter out the color information and leaving only the value of the selected fabrics you are evaluating. Knowing the value of the fabric before placing them in a quilt gives you the confidence and knowledge needed to choose which patches will be light, medium or dark and interact the way you expect in the block.

Use these tools helps prevent over use of fabrics with similar values and helps establish the dimension of a design. Use Red filter with Warm colors (red, yellow, orange, green) and use Green Filter with Cool colors (red violet, purple, blue, blue-green.)

Why green and red? Red has been used mostly in past color evaluator strips and the problem is viewing red fabrics through the evaluator produced very mixed results because of the similarity in color, thus using Green for cool clors and red for warm colors eleminates these problems.

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Color Wheel Mixing Guide

Color Wheel Mixing Guide

by The Color Wheel Company
  1. Large Size
  2. Pocket Size
  3. Both

Color Wheel
Large: 9 1/4"
Item Code:
04D02LG

Our price $4.50
MSRP: $5.00
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Color Wheel
Pocket: 5 1/8"
Item Code:
04D02PCKT

Our price $2.70
MSRP: $3.00
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BOTH: Color Wheels
Item Code:
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1. Color Wheel Large
2. Color Wheel Pocket

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Pocket Guide to Mixing Color

Pocket Guide to Mixing Color
Size: 3" x 5"

Item Code: 04D04
by The Color Wheel Company

Our price $2.68
MSRP: $2.98
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A folding version of our popular Color Wheel. Illustrates the result of mixing colors, tints, tones, and shades. Reverse side is uncoated to allow you to paint your own personal palette. Features gray scale, many definitions, and folds to 3" x 5" (7.6 cm x 12.7 cm) for storage and convenience.

CMY Primary Mixing Wheel

CMY Primary Mixing Wheel
7 3/4" diameter

Item Code: 04D11
by
The Color Wheel Company

Our price $6.30
MSRP: $7.00
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CMY Primary Mixing Wheel and CMY Primary Workbook

CMY Primary Mixing Wheel and CMY Primary Workbook
7 3/4" in diameter

Item Code: 04D10
by
The Color Wheel Company

Our price $10.80
MSRP: $12.00
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Learn how to mix a full spectrum of colors rom three primary colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), plus white and black.


 

Watercolor Wheel

Watercolor Wheel
Size: 10"

Item Code: 04D07
by
The Color Wheel Company

Our price $6.30
MSRP: $7.00
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The Watercolor Wheel shows 144 combinations of the most common watercolors to aid in selecting and mixing. This product also provides visual examples of graduated washes from mass to under tones created from the actual watercolors. Diameter 10"

The Web Wheel

The Web Wheel
Size: 7 3/4"

Item Code: 04D09
by
The Color Wheel Company

Our price $7.20
MSRP: $8.00
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The Web Wheel was designed as a reference tool to provide easy, desktop access to all 216 web-safe colors. The wheel lists all HTML & RGB values right on the color you select. Unique & easy to use for amateurs & professionals. Also illustrates color relationships, includes a value scale, and is UV coated for protection and durability!

Create-a-Color Wheel

Create-A-Color Wheel
(black & white)
Size: 9 1/4"

Item Code: 04D06
by
The Color Wheel Company

Our price $3.60
MSRP: $4.00
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An uncolored color wheel ready for you to paint your own favorite colors. A practical, hands-on, tool for teaching painting, mixing colors, and color relationships. Use your favorite medium; oil colors, tube or jar acrylics, pastels, watercolors, etc. Diameter 9 1/4".

 

Interior Design Color Wheel

Interior Design Color Wheel
Size: 8 1/2" x 11"

Item Code: 04D05
by
The Color Wheel Company

Our price $7.190
MSRP: $7.99
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Guide to Colors That Harmonize for Interior Design. The Interior Design Wheel gives home decorators a guide for selecting complementary colors for interior design. The wheel illustrates split complementary, monochromatic, and harmonized color schemes. Packed in a sleeve for insertion in a three-ring binder. 8 1/2" x 11".

 

3-in-1 Color Tool
New and Improved
Same great price!

Our Price 15% off: $14.70
Regular Price: $16.95

Includes these must have tools:

  1. Color Guide
  2. Fabric Preview Windows
  3. Value Finder
  4. and MORE including instructions on how to use the tool and a small color wheel for reference.

Enclosed in a reusable vinyl pouch 24 color cards fastened pages 2.625” x 8”


Color Play
Easy Steps to Imaginative Color in Quilts

by Joen Wolfrom

8 1/2" x 11"
143 pages, full color

Our Price 20% off: $22.36
Regular Price $27.95

For Book Info

Buy both
Book and Tool
for additional 5% off

1. Color Play (Value $27.95)
2. 3-in1 Color Tool (Value $16.95)

Our Price is an additional 5% off: $35.20
Regular Price: $44.90



3-in-1 Color toolCreate perfect color combinations every time with this indispensable tool for Quilters, Needleworker, and Crafters. The 3-in-1 Color tool is a color-planning tool that helps you choose great combinations every time!

3-in-1 Color tool
There is NO need to know color theory, because the back of each color family card has the Color Wheel solutions spelled out with a color chart showing the Monochromatic, Complementary, Analogous, Split-complementary, and Triad solutions

Pick a favorite color or fabric

Match the color to one of the 24 Color Cards and 100s of individual swatches, numbered for your convenience

Each Color Card features one pure color with 16 variations specific to the color family in tints (white added), shades (black added) and tones (gray added.) Once your color scheme has been chosen, use each color's Color Card to help you determine your colors or fabrics. NOTE: It is not possible to include every possibility for a color, so you match to the closest family. Care has been taken to ensure that a complete range of colors has been addressed.

Choose a color scheme from the 6 options provided for each color

Find the Color Card for each color in the color scheme

Select Fabrics that match the Color Cards

Value Finder (red and green translucent plastic) Use to view and determine contrast without the distractions of color. Using the Value Finder will help you determine which color on the Color Card is the correct value.

Fabric Preview Window (see next example) 3 fabric preview cut out windows to isolate and audition your fabrics with that allows you to see what a specific area of a fabric will look like in relationship to a specific section of a fabric.

The color wheel schemes are defined on two cards with brief descriptions. For example: Complementary: Select two colors that lie opposite each other on the color wheel.

The Color Cards can be arranged to fan out on its pivot hinged screw to form a color wheel.

 

Color Tools

3-in-1 Color Tool
3-in-1 Color Tool

by Joan Wolfrom
Color Evaluators
Color Evaluators
Color Wheel
Color Wheel: Rainbow Selector
2 sizes, large and purse size
Color Wheel
Color Wheel
by The Color Wheel Company
Rainbow Tonal Color Wheel
Rainbow TONAL Color Selector
Rainbow Masking Tool
Over the Rainbow
Color Masking Tool
Pocket Guide to Mixing Color
Pocket Guide to Mixing Color
Watercolor Wheel
Watercolor Wheel
 
Create-a-Color Wheel
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel
Web Wheel
Web Wheel
Interior Design Color Wheel
Interior Design Color Wheel
 CMY Primary Mixing Wheel & Workbook
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel & CMY Primary Workbook
   

Design & View Tools

Distance Viewer
Distance Viewer

Reduce Tool
Designed Soft Cover
Hand Held Reducing Glass
2x Reducing Lens Glass

3" diameter
3/12" Handle

Ez View Multiplier
EZ View Multiplier

rotate to view
on-point or straight layout

Colorscope, a mini kaleidoscope
Colorscope

Use to view fabric, thread and paint selection for color balance, value and contrast

 

Projector & Light Table

the Projector
The Projector

enlarge photos or drawing
Porta-Trace Light Table
Porta-Trace
Light Table

two sizes
   

Trace & Develop Line Ideas for Quilting & Appliqué

Quilter's Vinyl
Quilter's Vinyl
by the Yard
EZ Flex Design Rule
EZ Flex Design Rule
Preview, Overlay
Preview Paper
CLEAR
Quilter's Preview Paper
by Quilter's Touch
use with quilting lines & appliqué
Mesh Transfer Canvas
Mesh Canvas Transfer
by Clover
See-thru material that allows simple tracing & transfer
EQ Printables

Clear Overlay

12 Sheets for use in
inkjet or laser printers

 

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