the main role to keep in mind when applying color – Harmony!
Color Harmony – there are rules to follow in order to create something that is visually harmonic.
there needs to be an order in our composition.
this is called harmony by chromatic relationship. when we’re creating a chromatic relationship
when colors are opposite each other-
triad – combination of three colors that have the same distance between them
4 color combination – but it needs to be symmetric, doesn’t have to be the same distance between all of them but at least every two pairs.
color harmony proportion – how much color we use to balance another color, in a way that they would look equal in a composition. for example, if we use advancing colors like orange and red that have the tendency to look bigger than they really are we need to use them in a much smaller amount and use much more of a less dominant color to balance them. another example – we’ll use 7/10 purple and 3/10 yellow. up until now we saw balancing when the intensity of the colors is the same. yellow is the brightest color we have
color interaction – the perception of a color depends on their interaction and our composition. visually we read a composition as one. we see all the colors in the picture and read the whole composition. our eye’s jumping from one color to another.
Focal point – the first thing that catches my eye in a composition. can be created by color.
dissonance of color – when there isn’t any thought put into the color harmony, the composition doesn’t work = dissonance. that happens when we don’t apply any rules when selecting a color and there’s no link between them what’s or ever and the proportions are wrong.
Function of color -80% of the information a person receives is color information.
Aesthetic / style – we relate colors to style of a period, now or Renaissance, of a country Mexico or Germany.
Unify – I’m creating a unified composition we can unify it by using color – analogues colors. we can unify the composition by shape. So visually it’ll look unified.
Composition – is color shapes textures, there are different elements in it that we’re going analyze.
we have the elements of composition to guide us to create a harmonious composition with a massage.
the elements:
proportion– physical proportions the heat of the king David sculpture is head:body is 1:7 if we change the proportion the sculpture will look completely different.
Rhythm – The repetition in color has an order. two basic types of rhythm 1. controlled 2. dynamic
Balance – there are colors that are visually heavier, for example advancing colors red and orange. so if where to use a big orange object we need to balance it
there’s symmetric balance and asymmetric. asymmetrical balance is more difficult to achieve.
Unity – a successful design has a oneness with all of it’s parts.
Movement – an illusion of movement in a picture by using color. if we’re putting one object with a color in a achromatic design we won’t have a movement. we can create a visual movement by using different shades or value of hues.
when we use blue in the background it creates depth and on top of it we use orange which is an advancing color it pops out so we create an movement.
Focus – in theory focal point is the first thing you should see in the composition. when we talk about color the different thing in a picture will be the focal point and thes also the shape of the composition that creates the movement.
Contrast – strong difference between one element and the rest in a composition.
we need several things to create a composition, not just one.
1. contrast of edges- for example when taking a photo and focusing on one object we ‘ll see all it’s detail and the rest is blurry, we created a contrast of the ages.
2. contrast of detail – if for example we use a lot of fabric we’ll balance it with stone.
3. contrast o shape –
4. contrast of temperature – warm and cold colors.
5. lightest area/darkest area
Pattern –