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Picking A Colour Scheme For You Next School Scrapbook

In today’s article I’d like talk about one of the commonest stumbling blocks in planning your album page layout. What I will be covering in detail is how to choose a color scheme that compliments your photographs. More explicitly though, I’ll be explaining how to do so in the context of a school scrapbook layout.

If the first thing you should do to when planning a page layout is to choose the photographs, then the second step ought to be to select a colour scheme. As a general rule it’s usually best to select only 2 main colors, though you can stretch it to a third if you positively have to.

So how do you select the best colors for your {school} themed layout?

To many people, choosing a layout colour scheme is about as simple as guessing the number of jellybeans that are in a jar at your child’s {school} fair (not simple), however it does not need to be this way. I’m about to share with you the simple two step process that I follow to select an easy and complimentary color scheme that works fantastically, first time ever single time.

My Easy 2 Step Colour Choosing Process:

Step one

Take a look at the most predominant colours in the photo. A tip on where to look in your school stills is the uniform that your child is wearing. For instance, if the main uniform color is blue, then you can use the blue as the key background colour in the page.

Step two

To find the second colour, a great place to look is at the emblem or monogram that’s embroidered on the jacket, jumper, or blazer of the uniform. If your kid is not wearing one of those though, you can look to their socks, shirt collar, or perhaps even a highlighting colour in a dress. So for instance if the main color of the uniform is blue and the emblem is red, you now know the colors you should use for your layout to best compliment the stills i.e.Blue for the background and red to spotlight the other page elements.

Happy scrapbooking!

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