Getting started....
Some general info to start.
I made all papers as 12"x12" (or 3600 px by 3600 px) and 300 dpi. These were saved as .jpg files as quality setting of 12, but I have since learned from other boards that quality 8 is fine for printing and makes the file smaller.
Everything else was saved as a .png file. This retains the transparent background so it can be used in layers. Again, these aer 300 dpi.
Before I began this project, I chose my colors and created a color pallet and kept it open in my photo bin whenever I was working on my project. This made it easy for me to keep my colors consistant, and to always be able to use my dropper selector to get the exact color I wanted.
I created the pallet drawing 5 rectangles and using my paint can to color each rectangle. I kept the background white. Before I closed the file, I used my dropper tool to pick up each color and then used the text tool to layer the hexadecimal code onto the corresponding color. I flattened the image and saved as a jpeg. (This does not have to be a large, or hi-res file, as it won't be printed. It is just a tool for you to use).
Here is my color pallet for this project. (You can't tell here, but there IS a white background surrounding this that I was able to use to select white)
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