Craft project color help

[sierramist03]

This board is more active than the craft board and there are several crafty ladies here.

Someone asked me to make her one of the subway baby stat canvas. I just finished my good friends and I loved it. But now I'm struggling for color ideas. The request was for brown, light brown and sage green well now she wants me to put turquoise on there too. How do I mix these two and have it look nice? I feel like I need another color to mix the sage green and turquoise.
Attached is the one I made for my good friend.

[emoflamingo]

Hmm. That's hard. I would make the green more of an army green if you can.

[sierramist03]

Aug 6, 2013 13:01:06 GMT -5 emoflamingo said:

Hmm. That's hard. I would make the green more of an army green if you can.

I tried to convince her it might not look right

[sierramist03]

I liked this idea

[emoflamingo]

That would work!

[magdala]

What about outlining the turquoise and sage letters in brown? Alternatively, add in a fourth color in a contrasting color -- rust, orange, maroon,pink or scarlet.

[downtoearth]

I just posted these colors from an etsy print in a nursery post. This framed in a dark brown frame looks great, so maybe dark brown outlines to letters these colros would look good. Might help.

[sierramist03]

Aug 6, 2013 14:00:57 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

I just posted these colors from an etsy print in a nursery post. This framed in a dark brown frame looks great, so maybe dark brown outlines to letters these colros would look good. Might help.

I like those colors. I can't outline since the letters are cut out of vinyl

[TBM]

Aug 6, 2013 14:47:00 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Why did she pick those colors, specifically? Are they in one piece in the room? That might help you figure something out...

Or what about auditioning each color as a solid background with the other three on top? One of those combinations might work.

This.

I think the danger in adding colors that make the combination are more pleasing to you (or to us) is that your friend may not like the color you choose.

[sierramist03]

Aug 6, 2013 14:47:00 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Why did she pick those colors, specifically? Are they in one piece in the room? That might help you figure something out...

Or what about auditioning each color as a solid background with the other three on top? One of those combinations might work.

It's her favorite color turquoise is that's all she told me. She asked me what colors I was planning to use I sent her the etsy print idea and she liked it

[sierramist03]

Aug 6, 2013 16:15:39 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Can you send her a mockup or swatch with all four colors and then with the turquoise but no sage and ask her preference? Might it have been that she was actually intending to substitute the green for turquoise?

I will definitely send her a picture before I cut all the vinyl out
I ended up ordering this combo pack of vinyl