A little color theory goes a long way - any basic graphic design book will give you great background, and most instructional painting books will too. The most important basic ideas IMHO are complementary colors and warm and cold tones of a color. Sometimes colors that should look good together don't with beads, either because of chemical reactions or sometimes because the color s not opaque enough and muddies next to another color. The best way to figure it out is make little spacers of colors you aren't familiar with & see how they work. Or just suck it up for next time.
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-jen
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