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	Complimentary Colors
	Use a color wheel to find Complimentary Colors for your next quilt. These are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. These colors activate the eye due to their distance from one another. Johannes Itten even determined the ideal amounts of color complements that please the human eye. You can consult the ratios below before you start piecing. It can be a helpful guide and may ensure that you don't overpower a quilt with too much of one particular color.
	Ratios of Complementary Colors *Red/Green 1:1 Blue/Orange 5:3 Violet/Yellow 6:3 Orange and yellow are the most intense colors so you need less of them to make a statement. *Quilters Note: Be careful with the 1:1 ratio with RED and GREEN. It will alway read Christmas if you follow this ratio. Terry Waldron, in her Landscapes workshop, stressed the importance of using the color wheel. She told us that if you use PURPLE you must have some YELLOW to make it look right. If you are using GREEN you must have a dab of RED. YELLOW-GREEN requires some FUSCHIA. BLUE needs some ORANGE.	View Additional Tips: Applique Back of Quilt Binding-Machine Sewn Binding-Mitered Corners Bindings-Joining Ends Bindings-Scalloped Complimentary Colors  Design Wall Drafting 101 Ergonomic Quilting Flying Geese Free Motion Quilting Hanging Sleeves HST & QST Cutting tips HST- Sharon's method Labels for Quilts Marking Quilts Miniatures Nine Patch Blocks No Loose Ends On Point Setting-Corners Pins & Needles Quick Quilt Sizes Quilter's Knot Real Life Quilting Scraps Storing Your Quilts Thread
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