Review   Simply Creative Crochet - February 19, 2004
...perfect for yarn crafters who want to decide on color schemes for multicolor projects.

Review   Sew News - December 1, 2003
The 3-in-1 Color Tool...can help make color work for you.

Review   Soft Dolls & Animals - December 1, 2003
...now revised and better than ever. Create pleasing color combinations for quilting, crafts, home decor, knitting, sewing, scrapbooking, floral design, fine arts, and more.

Review   Quilts With Style - January 1, 2004
Based on the color wheel, this pocket sized tool...helps you to easily create a perfectly matched color scheme...Red and green value finders make evaluating contrast easy.

Review   American Patchwork & Quilting - April 1, 2004
...the improved 3-in-1 Color Tool from C&T Publishing makes color selection less complicated.

Review By: Lisa Shepard,   Star-Ledger - December 4, 2003
"Color challenged crafters are sure to benefit from the 3-in-1Color Tool...This handy tool, which helps you to create harmonious, eye-pleasing color combinations based on the Ives color wheel, can be used for interior design, crafts, knitting, fine arts, scrapbooks, floral arranging and more."

Review   Family Circle Home Crafts - December 1, 2003
One of the most daunting challenges facing crafters is zeroing in on color selections. The "3-in-1 Color Tool" is a set of cards that make the process simple and fin…Once you get your ands on this you'll never let it go.

Review   Quiltmaker - May 1, 2004
…the tool provides a multitude of color swatches and schemes on which to plan spectacular quilts.

Review By: Peggy Lathrop,   INKnitter - July 15, 2004
This is an essential tool for fiber artists to use when selecting colors for their creations. It is compact, portable, and small enough to fit in most purses or craft bags.

Review By: Diana Norris,   www.beadwrangler.com - July 1, 2004
In my opinion C&T Publishing has come up with two winners. Along with the Quick & Easy Block Tool the 3 in 1 Color Tool should be a part of every quilter's basic supplies…a good fit for your pocketbook or glove compartment… This too takes the uncertainty out of planning for even the most color impaired among us. Think of the money you'll save by eliminating bad fabric purchases. Think of how much more beautiful one's quilts can be when the colors really work.

Review   Popular Patchwork - July 1, 2002
..a useful aid...Rather like a paint swatch chart~ this enables you to pick a favourite fabric colour~ choose a colour scheme from the six options provided...and then locate the necessary accent colours. Also included is the ruby value finder which determines the value of any fabrid - vital if you are trying to create tonal gradations.

Review   New Zealand Quilter - July 1, 2003
Joen Wolfrom has designed a portable colour tool for quilters...It's easy peasy! The value finder and fabric preview windows are an added bonus.

Review   Patchwork i Deen - February 1, 2004
Reviewed in this foreign language publication.

Review   Sewing Savvy - November 1, 2007
"The 3-in-1 Color Tool is a clever aid for creating eye-pleasing and flattering color combinations for home decor, a fashionable wardrobe or a masterpiece quilt. Sized to fit into purse or glove compartment, the tool consists of 24 cards that can be fanned out to help select fabrics. The cards contain hundreds of sample colors, and the tool includes two color value finders (in red and green) for judging contrasts and blends, plus a trio of preview windows to isolate fabrics as you audition them."

Review By: Ron Davison,   Charlene Anderson's Unravelings - February 21, 2009
"My wife gave me this interesting packet to play with. The 3-in-1 New & Improved Color Tool is designed for quilting, crafts, home decor, knitting, sewing, scrapbooking, floral design and graphic design. My background is photography, and I approach color differently than those who work in other media. When working with negative film, the opposite of red is cyan, the opposite of green is purple, and the opposite of blue is yellow. Not so with the CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow Black) model used in printing. I've got a lot to learn about color theory outside of the photographic world.
The tool is a booklet of 24 color swatch pages, six introductory pages (a printed ruler, a how to use this guide, and some basic information on the color wheel, color theory, and choosing a color scheme), two value finders (one red and one green transparent plastic strip that is used for determining the value of a color) and one set of fabric preview windows (square, triangle, circle). The booklet is well made using high quality cardstock. I took a few minutes to carefully fan out each card and separate it from its neighbor, as they can stick together when new. Each of 24 hues is represented on a separate card, with the pure hue shown, as well as its tints (white added), shades (black added), and tones (grey added to the pure hue, tint, or shade).
Things really start getting fun when you have made your initial color selection. Flip the card over to get recommendations on complimentary (opposite each other on the wheel), analogous (several colors next to each other on the wheel), split-complimentary (a combination of complimentary and analogous), and triadic (your selected color, plus the color 120 degrees left on the color wheel and the color 120 degrees to the right on the color wheel, forming an equilateral triangle. It can be surprising to see the combinations this produces - there's no question that they work!
I'll be using this tool for matching the card matting and frame colors to the photographs I take and have printed. I'll use the cards to match the dominant color in the photograph, then use one one of the color plans (complimentary, analogous, split-complimentary, or triadic) to choose the mat or mats and frame - probably not what the author was intending, but useful to me!"