It's time to revist our handy dandy Color Wheel, and this time, we're looking at the third ring - Tones! (Not ringtones...those are different 😂 ...no? I'll show myself out.)
Not that the graphic isn't a total spoiler, but uh, Tones are the Hue plus Grey. Not to wax philosophical here, but to me, grey is not a tone. It's white and black, which depending on which was added to which, makes it either a Tint or a Shade but Shades are for next time!
There are just about endless variations of grey because of the different blacks the white could get mixed with. This means Tones actually have a deceptively broad range of color and warmth/coolness. Depending on who you talk to, this is where you'll find your Neutrals too:
Again, the same Warm/Cool, Analogous/Complementary (WC/AC Rules henceforth) apply to Tones as well. Tones make for great additions to masculine quilts, and are extremely useful in creating shadow and depth for landscape quilts. They also offset bright colors very well, and give those colors a "glowing" effect. Tones are also prevalent in Primitives and reproduction style quilts as they're more muted than their counterparts.
This is a good example of a quilt featuring Tones - excluding the gold, see how the purples and peaches are greyed down, even the darker pieces?
How do you like to use Tones - are they your neutrals, or do you like them as the focus? Share your preferences in the comments below!
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