Description
Pick Colors Fast & Easy!
UPDATED FOR 2023! Now includes: “Double-Split Complementary” Color Scheme and an updated color scheme wheel design. 252 Color Schemes to Choose from!
How to Use the Quick Color Picker
Chapter Markers:
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:05 – How to Use the “Color Schemes” Section Intro
- 05:40 – How to Use the “Premium Color Scheme Selector”
- 08:20 – Tools for Cutting Out the Circles
- 11:15 – How to Use the “Fiskars Circle Cutter”
- 16:41 – How to Use a Hole Punch to Cut Out the Circles
- 25:25 – How to Use “Color Scheme Selector” to Pick Colors
- 34:01 – How to Use the “Color Schemes” to Pick Colors
- 37:43 – Purpose of the “Swatch Chart” Page
- 39:18 – Purpose of the Blank Swatch Pages
- 44:41 – Purpose of the Brand-Specific Tri-Tone Workbooks
- 49:03 – How to Use the “Mini Wheels” Page
- 51:48 – How to Use the “Swatch Strip” Page
- 56:42 – Wrap-Up
This is a full color book where we have matched as closely as possible the colors found on an artists color wheel. This book IS pre-printed with color, and is meant to help “get you in the ballpark” when it comes to picking colors from your tools. For example, you could pick a color scheme that you like from the book, and then pull out your colored pencils and match as close as you can the colors on the printed page. (Keep in mind, it will never match perfectly…a printer’s CMYK colors are completely different from the pigments/inks and fillers found in coloring tools. But the printed book will help you get as close as possible.) This book can be used with any coloring tool…how it differs is that it doesn’t give you exact names and numbers of the tools (because of course we could never include those for every coloring tool out there.) The bright side is that you don’t have to color the book. 🙂
“Quick Color Picker” is a Tri-Tone Color Scheme Selector Tool that will help you quickly and easily choose colors for your next coloring project. This 50-Page book is printed full-color on our high-quality mixed-media paper. It contains everything you need to not only start picking colors right away, but also learn a little color theory in the process. Here’s what comes in the book:
- Tri-Tone Color Schemes: full-color color schemes for all of the colors found on the artist color wheel! NEW–now includes Double Split-Complementary color scheme!
- Tri-Tone Sets Swatch Chart: a full-color version of our master tri-tone sets swatch chart.
- Color Swatch Page: a full-color swatch page for reference.
- Artist Color Wheel: a full-color printed artist color wheel.
- Premium Color Scheme Selector: our color scheme selector tool with the most popular color schemes.
- Tri-Tone Mini Wheels: full-color tri-tone mini wheels to help you see how the light, medium and dark colors look together.
- Pocket Color Picker: a mini sized version of the color scheme selector.
- Tri-Tone Swatch Strip: a full-color tri-tone swatch strip that you can cut out and use in your coloring tool case.
- Blank Swatch Pages: blank swatch pages for you to use.
Full Color Reference Guide:
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Luanne Webster (verified owner) –
Excellent, love the color graphics and thick paper. Takes the confusion out of the color wheel, and makes choosing colors much easier.
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Theresa Payne (verified owner) –
I love, love, love this book. Everytime I colored a picture I hated the colors I put together. This has made such a difference. I have been using this book for my card making. Thank you so much for taking the time and making this incredible and helpful book.
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Admin Jennifer Stay –
The quick color picker ha really helped me to use color I may not have used on certain pictures. I can just pick my main color and it shows me what other color I can add to my picture. I can use this no matter which colored pencils I am using .I have really enjoyed this immensely.
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Jan (verified owner) –
This was everything as advertised! This book is very helpful to get a beginner, like me, organized and ready to start coloring! I found the swatch strip particularly useful and have adapted it to all of my Prismacolor pencils, making it even easier to choose what I want.
Thank you, Jennifer!
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Therese-Marie Blazek –
Not only are Jennifer & Steve more relatable, their videos show forethought, knowledge & preparation. They are not pushing an an agenda to sell a product, but actually genuinely excited about learning & passing on their knowledge.
I just finished swatching out the Color Picker specific to the Prisma color Pencils & was very surprised how very much color theory I learned in the Process (even after 8 years of Art School). Started using my Polychromos more lately & decided to get the Color Picker specific to the Polys & swatch them & see what they will teach me…!
Thank you Jennifer & Steve…!
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Pamela-s (verified owner) –
I purchased this system in July of this year, and just got around to using it. I am so pleased with the ease with which I can choose a scheme due to your twelve page layout of each color and it’s combinations. I can see what I will like before I invest the time and material on a project. I have always understood the color wheel, but could not come up with a good finished project before. Now I can because I see the possibilities and choose the one I like best. Such a simple Idea, that never occurred to me. I really appreciate all the work that you and your husband put into this system. I can color now! Thank you very much.
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Melanie Gomez (verified owner) –
I recently started coloring a few months ago. I’ve been in the world of crafts and design for many years so I come across Jennifer and just how patient and passionate she was I could tell she just wanted to share all her wisdom with her fans and friends. The color picker has jumped started my coloring skills.this book is so Beautiful and amazing. Her and steve has put there hearts and souls into these Fantastic books. That’s what makes these guys so different from the rest out there. I’m not trying to be hurtful at all towards anyone else cause watch them in action and you’ll know what I’m talking about.
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Lea Norton –
Definitely agree that they are far more relatable than most. Looking forward to getting this book myself.
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Pamela McArdle (verified owner) –
This book is the best thing since sliced bread!! It has made color picking, which I am not that good at, so much easier. The book is gorgeous, with bright true colors and the paper is thick and substantial and will hold up to much flipping and throwing around! 🙂
Thank you so much for all the work that you put into this and all your other swatch books, coloring pages and videos. You are wonderful!
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Jeane Vogel (verified owner) –
This system is absolutely beautiful. It takes the pain and decison process so much easier. It is truly a very easy system to use and made easy to understand. It is a must have in my art collection. Thank you Jennifer and Steve for your time and effort to make coloring so much fun and more beautiful with all the details that you share and put into this beautiful book. The pages are so nice and the colors and theories that you use are very useful. No more guessing for me! You made is so easy for using colors. Thank you for sample papers with graphics so we can see and feel the difference in papers.
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Yvonne M (verified owner) –
A fabulous guide to understanding the color theory. Printed on very good paper and beautiful blended swatches. I will be ordering the Prismacolor one as well! Thanks Steve and Jennifer.
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Connie Schwartz (verified owner) –
I’ve loved colouring since I was a little girl. I came back to colouring recently as an adult as a way to destress and relax but found that the need to choose the “right” colours for each picture was causing stress and not lessening it! 🙂 Jennifer and Steve’s “Quick Color Picker” tool is AMAZING and it’s given me back my love of colouring.
Thank you, Jennifer and Steve, for producing the single most useful colouring tool I’ve ever come across. 🙂
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Susan Grimes (verified owner) –
I am very happy with the Tri-Tone Color Scheme Selector Tools and especially recommend it to those who are rather new to adult coloring. The tutorials and the tools to use provided by Jen & Steve are awesome. Very satisfied with my purchase. The material was easy to download and print quality of coloring pages has been excellent.
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Gkarreq (verified owner) –
I love this book! I do not have to be confused as to what colors will work together and look good. I’ve colored in the past and the picture has just looked ODD, and I find myself asking “What was I thinking using those colors?!” With this book I won’t or shouldn’t be asking myself that type of question again. I love the thick paper and there are no smudges or worry about will my printer do this justice. I ordered the book on the first day that they had it available and I’ve loved it. I have been recommending this book to all of my friends because I am just so impressed with the job you both have done. If I could I’d hug you both. That is how great I think this book is and how well it has helped me with my color picking.
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Tika Carr (verified owner) –
This is what I consider a must-have for anyone who loves to color. Steve and Jennifer thought of literally everything! You get color wheels, all kinds of swatches including tri-tones and even some to put in your pencil cases, and even some blank swatch pages for your favorite and most-used pencils, markers, pens, etc! The book is printed on very sturdy paper which should withstand a lot of use. I personally got an unbound version so I could put it in page protectors in my 3-ring binder I keep for art stuff. They even included small samples of their watercolor, mixed media and colored pencil paper with a pretty image on one side to color and try out the paper and the information about the paper on the other side. Very high quality book and free samples! I love using the book to select color schemes for coloring pages and artwork. This method (along with Jennifer’s videos) takes the guess work out of learning the color wheel and what colors will go great together to make a beautiful picture! Thank you to Steve and Jennifer for all their hard work on this must-have resource!
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Beata Higdon –
Hi this might be a silly question but does the book come colored or do you have to do it your self….i get so confused when it comes to doing swathes and picking colored or trying to figure out doing the color wheel…i have tried watching some you tube videos but I just feel so lost and not sure where to start…i stopped coloring for over a year because I just feel so lost.
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Jennifer Stay –
Hi Beata, the Quick Color Picker comes already colored–no need to color anything yourself. The video above will show you how to use it. On the other hand, the brand-specific “Tri-Tone Workbooks” come UNCOLORED, and you color in the swatches and wheels using the tool names and numbers provided in the workbook.
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Lisa Ramaglia –
Could you order a second set of color wheel pages, loose, so you don’t have to tear pages out of the book?
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Jennifer Stay –
We don’t currently have that option available, but will definitely look into offering it. Thank you for letting us know that is something you would like.
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D Kapp –
Please clarify for me: The Tri-Tone Workbooks for the 120 set of Faber-Castell, does or does not come in the Quick Color Picker? If not, what is the purchase price, and how would I order it? Thank you, the product sounds quite useful.
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Jennifer Stay –
No, that book comes un-colored (you color in the swatches with your polychromos so you can see exactly how they look.) That book is available here: https://www.coloringbliss.com/product/tri-tone-worksheets-faber-castell-polychromos-color-pencils/
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barbc2507 (verified owner) –
I purchased the Quick Color Picker bound, so I had a good place to start. I immediately started using it and realized that it was just what a colorist needs to help with decision making. I printed out a set for my Arteza pencils and started filling it in. Boy, did I learn about my pencils. It seems to me that if a person wants to grow in this wonderful hobby this is the place to start. Along with all of Jennifer and Steve’s videos it’s a no-brainer! I can’t wait, every day, to get to the next video and keep learning. I completed a set for my Arteza colored pencils and am working on one for my Arteza watercolor pencils. I also just received a bound set for my polychromos pencils. I could have made my own copies but I just love the way the bound set looks. You really learn about you pencils, how they color and blend and how to think about them when creating a new project! Don’t hesitate.
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Karen Spann (verified owner) –
The quick color picker ha really helped me to use color I may not have used on certain pictures. I can just pick my main color and it shows me what other color I can add to my picture. I can use this no matter which colored pencils I am using .I have really enjoyed this immensely.
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Beata Higdon –
I’m so so happy that I got these books they are truly the very best…and having to color it your self helpes me understand it better and being able to do it step by step and having the video to help was truly amazing…thank u so much for coming up with this amazing way to help us…I recommend this for anyone interested in coloring…can’t say enough of how happy I am…I feel like I’m finally starting to understand and love being able to do the coloring my self…best thing ever….
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Teresita Reynolds –
Thank you so much!
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Teresita Reynolds –
Great reviews; I’m interested in ordering the book as it looks like a tool that every colorist would love to have.
Jennifer, in your video for this reference guide, you mention that you plan on releasing additional information for Polychromos, PrismaColor, etc. When do you hope to have that released? Will they be released as one book or will they be released as separate books?
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Jennifer Stay –
Hi Teresita 🙂 You can find those here: https://www.coloringbliss.com/product/tri-tone-worksheets-prismacolor-premier-colored-pencils/ and here https://www.coloringbliss.com/product/tri-tone-worksheets-faber-castell-polychromos-color-pencils/
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Lori Santos (verified owner) –
This book is very useful and made with quality to last a life time even when used often. Using a color wheel is fine but this is so much quicker. Jennifer and Steve have made it more enjoyable to pick out color schemes… Thank You for this amazing tool.💕
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Marjorie Mapleton (verified owner) –
I am new to colouring, and now I feel that with your colour picking manual in hand, I jump right in. Although I have modest skills in several art forms, selecting a good palette has always been a challenge and yet I know it can make or break a successful project. I understand the colour wheel but having it all presented in combos makes it much easier and I find myself responding to certain colour groups – both a time saver and confidence booster. Thank you Jennifer and Steve. Your entire website and products, the community you have created and your unlimited generosity of information is amazing – I’m hooked!!
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Kimberly Hicks (verified owner) –
I happened to be watching one of Jennifer’s videos and learned of her Quick Color Picker and I decided to purchase. Let me tell you, if you are a serious artist/colorist, this is a definite must-have. It saves me so much time in picking out the colors I need because Jennifer and her husband did all the work for us. You just can’t ask for anything more than that. A great purchase! Get yourself one!
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Nancy Patton (verified owner) –
I was so excited to get the Color Picker and started using it right away. The instructions for how to choose colors were so easy to follow and it helps me decide on colors quickly (just as promised).
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Maricarmen Gonzalez (verified owner) –
I really liked this book to learn and use when I’m coloring. Is easy to use and definitely the work done here is amazing!
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