In color theory, value is the term for the lightness or darkness of a color. Consider a black and white photo of a Dr. Who scarf. From that photo you could make a chart giving numbers from 1 to 7, lightest to darkest, then make a monochromatic scarf in any hue.
Check out Tara Wheeler's Blue Variant. These are the instructions I'm following, based on the Season 13 scarf.
One challenge I found was really determining the lightness or darkness of a color. Is charcoal grey darker or lighter than navy? Too cheap to buy a value filter in the quilting department of a craft store, I tried the following scientific method of determining value:
Me: April, when I pull these two skeins from behind my back I want you to quickly tell me which one is darker. Don't think or look at color, just darkness, OK? Go! (shows daughter yarn)
April: (Pauses to think, despite being told not to, because that's the way everyone in our family is) This is really hard. They both look equally dark.
Me: (sigh) That's exactly what I thought.
I finally just decided navy was darker and committed to that decision by casting on with navy as my #7 (darkest) yarn.
I will post progress later.
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