Musings on quilting, sewing, fabric and dyeing by Janet Smith ( www.textileart.com )

Here’s another color wheel using Cerulean, Light Red and Tangerine.  This wheel has a lot more oomph!  The steps are more balanced than Color Wheel 1, but could use some tweaking.
 
I used the same procedures as Color Wheel 1, just different color dyes.

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Here’s an example of dyeing a very simple color wheel. I soaked fabric in soda ash solution and let it air dry (do not use your clothes dryer).  After the fabric was dry, I cut/ripped approximately 3″ square pieces and painted dye on the pieces using a ½” flat brush.  I used two parts water to one part dye stock so the examples wouldn’t be too dark.  You do not need much dye - see table below for dye stock and water amounts.
 
Dyes used in this example are ‘primaries’: Turquoise, Fuchsia and Lemon.  I am not a big fan of Turquoise (to get a good yield, you need to use Glauber’s salt instead of regular salt).  And, as the example shows, the Turquoise needs help.
 
The purpose here is to show how different dyes ‘hold up’ against each other.  Yellow is generally weak against Blue and Red.  To get a good Green or Orange, you may want to use twice as much Yellow.  Depending on the particular Red or Blue, they may be about equal - or not.  In these tests, the Turquoise really wimped out and the Fuchsia is quite strong against the Lemon.
 
Now, the fun begins!  Experimenting with different colors and seeing how they look when mixed.  What if all 3 are mixed together?  Mud?  Or, just the color you needed?  Try it!

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