Most of my patterns start with three somewhat dark base colors and a fourth color which is used to lighten and brighten the other three. This fourth color is usually White, but I sometimes also use Tan, Yellow or Gray for other interesting effects. The finished product is called a "cane" and can be compared to a roll of slice-and-bake cookie dough where the pattern is visible in any cross-section.
The RETRO cane is the result of pushing layers of color through a clay gun. The block is reduced and recombined to make a complex square cane that looks like something out of the 1960's.
One way to make a similar cane can be found on the HGTV website.
This pattern was first developed in 2004
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