Understanding color theory has never been this fun! Color expert and quilt designer, Susan McKelvey, brings color theory to life as you work through her easy lessons. No more cut and paste--color right on your computer screen to see color changes instantly! Learn to give your quilts the color effects you admire but never know how to create. Susan's easy lessons teach you how to: learn to read and use a color wheel; create illusions of transparency; use value gradation to produce movement; control background and foreground through color; analyze color contrast within fabrics; find new color schemes by using geometric shapes; simulate dimension using light and shadow; develop your color scheme from multi-colored prints; and so much more... Let Susan show you how to control color. Then put her lessons to work in your quilts as you develop your own unique color sense.