Tag #4 - How to Choose Contrasting Colours - Make your crafts POP! 💥 @LouCollins

Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

This is the fourth video in the 'Mixed Media 10 Minute Techniques' Series.
Here we look at how to read a colour wheel, and choose colours which pop against each other, but also how not to allow them to turn muddy!

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$Tag #4 - How to Choose Contrasting Colours - Make your crafts POP! 💥 This is the fourth video in the Mixed Media 10 Minute Techniques Series. Here we look at how to read a colour wheel, and choose colours which pop against each other, but also how not to allow them to turn muddy! Find the series introduction video here to learn about the series and how it will take you from a beginner to a Mixed Media MASTER! https://youtu.be/ABW2-knXawo Find the full series playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-QKds9CsrVuF3uZ-XpFKZgoHl_wBtSu Join the Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/share/FncRYAgipe569aSr/ Browse and shop all my favourite craft products: CraftStash UK 🇬🇧 https://tidd.ly/3fc2XM2 CraftStash US 🇺🇸 https://shrsl.com/3q9xy Distress Inks and Oxides 🇬🇧🇪🇺 https://tidd.ly/3CfFPp4 🇺🇸 https://shrsl.com/3r29o Large Blending Brushes 🇬🇧🇪🇺 https://tidd.ly/3S78E18 🇺🇸 http://shrsl.com/4d6o8 Clear Blending Mats 🇬🇧 https://tidd.ly/3reVApA 🇺🇸 https://shrsl.com/41tz8 Watercolour cardstock 🇬🇧 https://amzn.to/3RK9eAu TEXT{ures} products 🇬🇧 https://tidd.ly/2Ny3cp2 🇺🇸 http://shrsl.com/3py2c For more papercraft tutorials, tips and projects; Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/c/loucollins?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/loucollinsdesigns Like my Facebook Page www.facebook.com/loucollinsdesigns$ $Distress Oxide Colour Combinations - with Scorched Timber 🪵 This video looks in-depth at the Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink & Oxide colour Scorched Timber and discovers colour combinations and ink blending techniques using it. 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