B. Newman
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
I am not a newbie. I have been in this industry for over 30 years - been designing frame combinations since 1972, but I am now running into a problem.
In the past,beginning when there were <100 mat samples up until there were, oh 400-500 samples, I'd usually look at the piece, then get a mental idea of a "color range" and start pulling colors.
We've discussed before about the pros and cons of grouping the samples for colors, types and manufacturers of boards, but what I used to do was start "scrolling" through the corner samples looking for a specific color and would often times find something that I'd never thought of - and it would look great!
Now, however, with 40 jillion choices, sometimes I just have a block of where to start. Often times I find myself looking in a specifier for a particular color and (like the old days) find something that I wasn't even looking for - which is just perfect!
I was wondering - given the huge amount of choices these days - how do you start?
Oh, I do ask all the "normal" questions - "Where is it going to hang?" "What is the color of the wall?" "Do you have any particular 'feel' or 'color direction' you'd like to go with this?" etc, etc... What is the color of your sofa... just kidding
But other than that - how do "you" start pulling colors?
The times, they are a-changing...
In the past,beginning when there were <100 mat samples up until there were, oh 400-500 samples, I'd usually look at the piece, then get a mental idea of a "color range" and start pulling colors.
We've discussed before about the pros and cons of grouping the samples for colors, types and manufacturers of boards, but what I used to do was start "scrolling" through the corner samples looking for a specific color and would often times find something that I'd never thought of - and it would look great!
Now, however, with 40 jillion choices, sometimes I just have a block of where to start. Often times I find myself looking in a specifier for a particular color and (like the old days) find something that I wasn't even looking for - which is just perfect!
I was wondering - given the huge amount of choices these days - how do you start?
Oh, I do ask all the "normal" questions - "Where is it going to hang?" "What is the color of the wall?" "Do you have any particular 'feel' or 'color direction' you'd like to go with this?" etc, etc... What is the color of your sofa... just kidding

But other than that - how do "you" start pulling colors?
The times, they are a-changing...