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Color theory, tool tutorials, and the stories behind the palettes. New issue most weeks.
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Herringbone vs Chevron: How to Tell Them Apart (and When to Use Each)
Chevron pieces are cut at 45 degrees and meet in one point; herringbone pieces interlock at 90 degrees and step. The zoom-in test, plus which to use where.
12 season color analysisSeasonal Color Analysis: How to Find Your Season (and What to Do With It)Three questions sort any color into one of twelve seasons: warm or cool, light or deep, clear or muted. Plu...
A5Planner Insert Sizes: Which One Actually Fits Your Planner (and Your iPad)A5 or Half Letter? The six planner insert sizes with real dimensions, which one your binder takes, and the ...
commercial use licenseCommercial Use for Digital Patterns: What You're Actually Allowed to SellBought a pattern and want to sell what you make with it? What commercial use really covers, the limit peopl...
color analysisWarm or Cool? How to Tell What Undertone a Color Really HasTwo beiges fighting? How to tell if a color is warm or cool - a real hex comparison, the saturation trick n...
cmyk color chartRGB vs CMYK: Why Your Print Colors Look WrongPrints duller than your screen? What RGB and CMYK actually do, how to check a color before you print, and h...
color palettesDiwali Color Palettes: 6 Schemes With Hex Codes, From Rangoli Brights to Diya GoldDiwali is November 8. Six palettes with real hex codes - rangoli brights, diya terracotta, marigold gold, j...
christmas planner printableChristmas Planner Printables: The 7 Pages That Actually Save DecemberWhich Christmas planner printables you actually need, when to start each one, and what size to print them a...
color palettesHow to Import Color Palettes Into Procreate (.swatches, Step by Step)Drop a .swatches file into Procreate in about ten seconds — plus what to do when you only have hex codes, a...
commercial use licenseCommercial Use for Digital Patterns: What You're Actually Allowed to SellBought a pattern and want to sell what you make with it? What commercial use really covers, the limit peopl...
color analysisWarm or Cool? How to Tell What Undertone a Color Really HasTwo beiges fighting? How to tell if a color is warm or cool - a real hex comparison, the saturation trick n...
cmyk color chartRGB vs CMYK: Why Your Print Colors Look WrongPrints duller than your screen? What RGB and CMYK actually do, how to check a color before you print, and h...
color palettesDiwali Color Palettes: 6 Schemes With Hex Codes, From Rangoli Brights to Diya GoldDiwali is November 8. Six palettes with real hex codes - rangoli brights, diya terracotta, marigold gold, j...
christmas planner printableChristmas Planner Printables: The 7 Pages That Actually Save DecemberWhich Christmas planner printables you actually need, when to start each one, and what size to print them a...
color palettesHow to Import Color Palettes Into Procreate (.swatches, Step by Step)Drop a .swatches file into Procreate in about ten seconds — plus what to do when you only have hex codes, a...
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