Pink is a delicate colour, and to make it more vibrant I have left sunlit areas of white to counterchange the background against it. |
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A counterchange occurs when you swap the tonal values of adjacent shapes like the squares on a checkerboard. |
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The contrast between light and dark creates the counterchange in the design. |
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I'm working on a pinafore right now, doing counterchange for the yoke from shoulder to waist. |
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For Neolithic ceramic ornaments, this kind of a perfect counterchange is not an exception, but almost a rule. |
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Almost every magazine features patterns for counterchange and this book will help you learn the basic steps. |
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The difficulty of adapting counterchange designs for patterns that were designed for pleater smocking is that your ratio of fabric to pleats is reduced. |
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The flag does not have reflection symmetry due to the slight pinwheeling of the St Patrick's and St Andrew's crosses, technically the counterchange of saltires. |
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Counterchange designs heraldic, floral, or geometric in motif were introduced where the ground colour and design colour were interchanged. |
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