I recently received a new Spoonflower colour-map. The colour map allows me to choose colours from a swatch file (prepared by Spoonflower) and reference how that colour will actually print on their fabric. Brilliant! Ok, but here's where the experiment comes in. I designed my retro television fabrics before I received my colour map. Here are the original designs:
gobennygo retro television fabric design
mustard/teal green
gobennygo retro television fabric design
red/grey
gobennygo retro television fabric design
dusky pink/mint
gobennygo retro television fabric design
grey/teal blue
Then I received the colour map and chose colours directly from the colour map (the fabric, not the swatch file) and dropped them into my digital files. I'm not sure that I like the result, so it will be fascinating to see which swatches work better when printed. Here are the digital images with the colours I chose directly from the fabric map:
gobennygo retro television fabric design
Spoonflower colour-map experiment
Spoonflower colour-map experiment
gobennygo retro television fabric design
Spoonflower colour-map experiment
gobennygo retro television fabric design
Spoonflower colour-map experiment
Spoonflower colour-map experiment
gobennygo retro television fabric design
Spoonflower colour-map experiment
Spoonflower colour-map experiment

Spoonflower Colour Map V2.1
I will be sure to write a follow-up post with the results once I receive the swatches. I can't wait!
The gobennygo Retro Television designs will be for sale on Spoonflower once I receive the swatches and can confirm colours.
The gobennygo Retro Television designs will be for sale on Spoonflower once I receive the swatches and can confirm colours.
















I love these! My favourite colour combo is the first one :)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this has been sitting in my spam folder for all this time! I don't know how it got in there, but thanks for your feedback Elizabeth. It is appreciated. X
DeleteWow - that's quite a difference!
ReplyDeleteHi Judy, So sorry for the delay in replying. Yes, it was a big difference and a surprise to me. A neat experiment though. Hope all is happy in your pattern making world - so much fun isn't it! X
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