Many of you have asked me for advice in choosing and using colors in your jewelry and polymer clay work.

It always makes me so sad to hear of folks who say they are afraid to use color, as for me it’s such a fun, enjoyable and intuitive thing.

Today I have for you a review of Lindly Haunani and Maggie Maggio’s book Polymer Clay Color Inspirations.  Whether or not you are confident in using color and color theory, this book is specific to polymer clay and teaches the whys and hows of effectively using color in your work.

What a wonderful and blessed thing our creator gave us when he introduced all of the colors into the world.

When I was younger I used to think there were certain rules about using color, like don’t ever put red and purple together, and never, EVER combine pink and orange.

Now I sorta love both those combinations, lol.

I’ve come to the realization that any color can go with any other color as long as you get the tones, shades and tints right. 

Lindly and Maggie’s book will help you with that, you just have to put a bit of work into doing the exercises.

Here are a few helpful color and design resources:

• Polymer Clay Color Inspirations
• The Beader’s Guide to Jewelry Design
• Color Wheel tool
• Color From the Heart (This one is for quilters. I learned a LOT from doing the exercises.)

Enjoy the video and happy creating!

Watch the Book Review: Polymer Clay Color Inspirations – Friday Findings video at YouTube.