{"id":131,"date":"2008-06-26T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2008-06-27T00:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio\/131\/"},"modified":"2014-02-21T17:53:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T01:53:24","slug":"learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/learning-polymer-clay-color-mixing-maggie-maggio\/131\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning About Polymer Clay Color Mixing – Maggie Maggio Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Maggie<\/p>\n

Having trouble figuring out how to mix polymer clay to get the colors you want? You’re not alone!
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One of the most difficult skills to master when it comes to making polymer clay beads, is learning how to mix colors. In fact, my<\/span> readers are quite often asking me about color theory. Here’s a recent question \/ comment that arrived via email from Andrea <\/span>(aka Andy)…<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Hi Cindy, just found your website – WOW! Excellent information, not just the same stuff in a prettier format. Great suggestions and ideas too!<\/span><\/p>\n

The main reason I’m writing, though, is because I responded to your poll question and chose “mixing colors” as the most challenging aspect of claying for me. <\/span><\/p>\n

Really, its not the technique of mixing colors. It’s choosing color combinations that look good together that I have a hard time with!<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s not just “brown, blue, off-white”, its a particular shade of brown, a certain shade of blue, and ecru. Current color palettes seem to be close to some of the ’70s colors … and that’s as specific as I know how to be. <\/span><\/p>\n

Help with THIS aspect of color mixing would be AMAZING! I’d love to see you blog on it. <\/span>Thank you for your time and energy! <\/span><\/p>\n

Andrea (aka Andy)<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Andy is not the only one who has difficulty with color mixing polymer clay, so I thought I would share with you all a video from the Master of Masters… the Guru of Polymer Clay Color Theory… Maggie Maggio of Smashing Color!<\/span><\/p>\n

If it were possible to get a PhD in polymer clay color mixing, Maggie Maggio would have one! Her detailed and scientific approach to creating colored samples that she calls ‘color scales’, is like no one else I have seen in the industry. She takes Premo color theory to a whole new level, with her color workshops being at the level that would be taught in reputable art schools.<\/span><\/p>\n

I love to watch her videos, although I have not ventured to complete her tutorials from start to finish. I would not be able to bear using the vast quantities of clay she uses to make up her color scales. I also don’t have the patience to spend the time it would take to make the samples in all the different colors. But I do like looking at all her samples!<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if you don’t go through each step in the video, watching it will give you a better sense in how color works in polymer clay and the methods you may take in developing your own color palette.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also think it is an excellent way to start learning how different colors behave when mixed and the reasons why you so often end up with unexpected ‘muddy’ colors when mixing them.<\/span><\/p>\n

So watch this video and let me know what you think…<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Did you find that the information in the video made things clearer for you? Or was it too detailed? I’d be very curious to hear your opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n

In tomorrow’s article, I’m going to talk more about the sunflower color recipes that I posted a couple of days ago. I’ll share with you some of the reasons why I chose the colors I did for mixing them. <\/span><\/p>\n

Go back to that June 24 post and see if you can figure out why the colors flow together like they do. Then come back tomorrow and read part 2 of my summer series to see if you were right! Here’s the link: Sunflower Polymer Clay Color Mixing<\/a><\/span>
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\"Cindy\"Polymer<\/p>\n

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