Are you an artist who sells (or wants to sell) patterns on Spoonflower? Did you know Spoonflower promotes patterns based on which colors they use? That’s because many Spoonflower customers shop based on color. It’s great to call out specific colors like purple or orange in your Spoonflower products, but if you want to really stand out, you can design using exact color matches to specific paint colors!

Imagine you’re redecorating your house, and you want to match your Benjamin Moore October Mist paint trim to your wallpaper. Or maybe you want to make throw pillows that perfectly match your October Mist walls. And this extends beyond personal projects – there are thousands of interior decorators, home decor companies and DIYers shopping Spoonflower every day for fabric, wallpaper and home accent products that match specific paint colors. One of the best ways to attract these potential customers to your Spoonflower shop is to be able to confidently promise that your patterns use exact matches to paint color names and numbers from major manufacturers like Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams and Behr. You can also ensure your Spoonflower products are up-to-date, because Benjamin Moore, Sherwin Williams and Behr all release colors of the year, which are on-trend and in-demand.

Hi there! My name is Carrie Cantwell, and I’m an illustrator, surface pattern designer and educator. I’m also a successful Spoonflower artist. In this class, I’m going to teach you how to install and use free Adobe software swatches from major paint companies in your art. I’ll also show you how to use them in Illustrator for the iPad, and how to apply the same colors in Procreate. I’ll show you how to take advantage of color trends by just recoloring patterns using the colors of the year from leading paint manufacturers. And – all of the tips and tricks I’ll show you in class can also be applied to illustrations or digital illustrations as well – they’re not just for patterns!

With this class, I’m giving you some awesome freebies: all the paint color digital swatch files from the big 3 paint manufacturers, including the color of the year and accompanying color palettes! You’ll learn how to level-up your Spoonflower shop by using colors that are guaranteed to match paints your potential customers are already buying. You don’t have to be a Procreate or Adobe power user to take this course, all you need is a basic working knowledge of the software.

So, are you ready to get started? Let’s do this!

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Included in this set:

• Course Introduction
• 1. Install Swatch Libraries in Adobe Illustrator
• 2. Create Palettes in Adobe Illustrator
• 3. Recolor in Adobe Illustrator
• 4. Color Swatches in Adobe Illustrator for iPad
• 5. Install Swatches & Recolor in Adobe Photoshop
• 6. Color Swatches in Procreate
• 7. Spoonflower Tips & Staying on Trend With The Color of the Year
• 8. Class Project & Final Thoughts

• Berh Color Palette
• Benjamin Moore Color Palette
• Sherwin Williams Color Palette

Course Duration: 1 hours 26 mins

• Permanent Access – No time limit for undertaking the course
• Lessons available to stream from your Design Cuts account
• High Quality Video

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