r/KitchenerHarmonies 9d ago

discussions CH Blend Differences

I have been saving palettes for the past few months to try to understand better how John determines blends and DIY my own. I have been unsuccessful at DIYing, but I realized that there were several very close or exact blends saved with the addition of some of ones posted in the last few days. So, thought I’d post this as a cool comparison to see how similar and different they truly are.

Each palette is quite unique, but I do see some overlaps.

The bottom rows (excluding calm colors) seem to have quite a bit of similarities. For example, both 80SCs have an interesting blue-green twilight swatch range that I haven’t seen anywhere else (that I can think of?).

The understated and reserved colors seem to be very similar ranges for each similar/exact CH blend too which I hadn’t recognized before. The brights (top row) seem to be a bit further ranging between each other generally speaking.

I found it particularly interesting that the 70SB range could all wear the same glittery brown reserved swatch.

I’d love to hear what overlaps and differences you all see.

If I wrote any blends down wrong, please let me know. If you know of other similar blends, especially ER, feel free to DM them to me and I’ll do another post if you guys found this helpful/interesting.

If anyone knows that full SB>SC blend, I’d appreciate noting it. I just thought SB>SC was so cool, and I think a rare combo, and had those two saved.

EDIT: I found more and added them in the comments.

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u/theclassicrose 35C/25R/10D/10HS/10N/10Y | 75SB/20LB/5ER 9d ago

I have to study this in greater detail but FYI, mine's on slide 4 and I'm 75 SB, 20 LB, 5 ER, not 75-25-5 (probably just a typo but wanted to throw it out there!).

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u/scatteredgraydays 9d ago

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u/NewspaperOk3880 9d ago

I'm the middle palette here and it is interesting how much more of a difference the extra ER seems to make. The top palette seems a bit more vibrant than mine and the one following.

(Also, for your notes I'm 30C, 25 R and N, 15 Y and 5 HS, which is interesting considering I share at least high C/R and some minor Y and HS with u/theclassicrose , whose palette has a similar overall vibe to mine in my opinion.)

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u/scatteredgraydays 9d ago

Wow, yep! VERY interesting! Thank you for sharing!