Final assignment
HOW DIFFERENT LIGHT EFFECTS COLOR?
Shape: Polyhedron / Material: Colored paper
Day light:
2PM
5:30PM
Morning light:
8:45AM
HISTORY OF COLOR
subtractive color systems.
In a subtractive system White = balanced reflection of all the hues present in the light spectrum. Black = balanced absorption of that spectrum
The Basic Color wheel consist the rainbow colors bended to look like circle/wheel. That way it shows easily how the colors relate to one another.
1672,1704 – Isaak Newton’s color wheel isn’t equally distributed but sized according to their wavelengths and widths in his observation of the spectrum. It was the first time where the colors where represented as a wheel starting and ending in the same color – not linear.
1772 – Color pyramid of Johann Heinrich Lambert, demonstrated for the first time the necessity of ordering colors in space and Meant to help textile merchants decide if they stocked all colors Intended for dyers and printers of the time to find inspiration for their mixtures.
1749 – 1832 – Wolfgang Von Goethe suggested that darkness is an active ingredient rather than the mere passive absence of light and black is a color itself and not the lac of color therefore needs to be in color wheel. he was also the first to talk about the effect of color on people, so we can say that he is father of color psychology. He talked about the associations with colors, and he wasn’t far from the truth as we know it today. He believed his triangle was a diagram of the human mind and he linked each color with certain emotions.
1810 – Philipp Otto Runge, another one to represent the color wheel in his own way, he was the first one to put the original hue in the edge of the wheel. Than represented a 3D sphere ordering all tints, shades and hues of colors.
Michel Eugène Chevreul, Designed a 72-part color-circle. 3 primaries (red, yellow, blue) 3 secondary mixtures of orange, green and violet + 6 further secondary mixtures.
1900 – Albert Henry Munsell, American painter, art teacher and inventor of the Munsell color system that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: Hue, Value, Chroma. Has served as the foundation for many other color order systems. 5 principal hues: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple and 5 intermediate hues halfway between adjacent principal hues. Each of these 10 steps is then broken into 10 sub-steps, so that 100 colors are given integer values.
ColorChecker System Ensures Photorealistic Color Reproduction.
Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test, Measures color vision, Evaluates and ranks color acuity. Used by governments and industry for over 40 years.
Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, Developed a new theory of color defending the standardization of colors. Ostwald color system, a double cone model represents the three properties of color: hue, lightness and saturation is based upon an analysis of reflectance curves. Primaries hues: yellow, red, ultramarine blue, and sea green Secondary hues: leaf green, orange, purple and turquoise.
***printers don’t have primary colors and then mixing t get the rest they have other 3 colors (YMC).
Additive colors RGB (red, Green, Blue) – this is used to create different colors of light on stage – white light combination of different colors., Sum of red, green and blue.
Assignment
In this assignment we where to choose 3 pictures that consist colors with a certain psychological massage and apply those to three different designs while maintaining the same mood.
I chose three different moods, Sleek&sophisticated, Joyful and Eco friendly, then I chose three designs from the fashion world that consist suitable colors and created color schemes. In the end I applied the color schemes to the bathroom sketch above, creating 3 different settings.
When creating this mood I used colors that are associated with with sophistication, glamor and luxury, White, Gray and a very dark almost black shade of brown. I also threw beige in to make the room feel softer and warm.
To Create a Joyful and happy environment in a space we need to use bright, vibrant, lively colors that maybe even connect to our childhood, closer to primary colors. The colors I used are pink than is closer to red then to white, olive green that is closer to yellow. To accompany these very bright colors and to balance them off I also used some grays.
To Create Eco-friendly room I looked for natural colors, that immediately take you back to nature, stone, linen, wood and etc. Therefore in this composition I used different shades of white, beige, mustard color, and a desaturated mustard color.
Harmonic composition
In this room we have unity created by using the same colors, all the colors that appear in the brick wall appear in the rest of the room. There’s also a correct proportion between a lot of small elements on the brick wall and less bu bigger furniture on the floor. The movement in the composition is also noticeable, the way the items are arranged on the wall and the furniture on the floor.
Harmonic composition
This composition is harmonious because of few reasons. black and white have a big contrast that keep you very alert therefore a relaxing color like green balances them well. The black and white color appears in more elements smaller then the green chest, but in the end the color ratio is equal, that’s why the photo looks balanced. We can see pattern on the wall, on the chair and pillow, that turns this composition into an intriguing one, there are elements within elements. There are two types of rhythms in this photo, one monotonic and the other goes from smaller to bigger. The first thing that catches your eye when you look at the photo is the green chest, the only item in color, the focal point.
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 –
Color interaction
Our brains rely on context to interpret any visual stimulus this is probably the most frequent trick played in countless visual illusions.
Generally humans are very good at distinguishing different levels of brightness but less good at differentiating hues and intensities.
Mixing in (tones, shades, and tints) expands the basic 12-spoke color wheel into an infinite number of colors.
Color Context – It’s important to understand how color behaves when paired with other colors and shapes to use them in the best way possible.
Color is ALWAYS relative, rule laid out by J. Albers. The same identical color can be made to look like two different colors and two different colors can be made to look the same, simply by placing them in different contexts. The reason is that Two colors, side by side, interact with one another and change our perception accordingly. The effect of this interaction is called simultaneous CONTRAST.
The real colors are not altered, only our perception of them changes.
SIMULTANEOUS CONTRAST – most intense when when two colors are complementary.
Darker surrounding color –the central square appears lighter
Lighter surrounding color –the central square appears darker
Two different colors are made to look the same value, saturation, hue, or size
COLOR EFFECTS – Spatial interpretation of the color area in relation to the total visual field. it is how we perceive a color when appears next to another.
Helmholtz-Kohlrausch Effect – Color shift in a simultaneous hue contrast.
Boundaries and outlines can create strange distortions in the way we perceive a color.
Bezold Effect – White and black outlines create completely different visual impressions when the main colors are exactly the same
COLOR
YELLOW as background color- Vivid and fresh atmosphere. Pattern colors become more soft and light.
BLUE as background color- Mood becomes gloomy. Pattern colors look darker and deeper & sharper.
Breneman Effect – As the background becomes darker, the induced lightening in the image causes all the values to appear lighter. this has the greatest impact on the darkest values. Against a light valued background the lightness contrast causes the image values to appear darker
Complementary colors look the brightest and most vibrant next to each other. The same color can look very different depending on what it’s next to.
AFTERIMAGE EFFECT – Demonstrates the interaction of color caused by interdependence of color.
After staring for half a minute at the left square, shift the focus suddenly to the right square Instead of the usual color-based afterimage that would complement the yellow circles with blue, their opposite, a shape-based afterimage is manifest as diamond shapes –the ‘leftover’ of the circles.
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
When you have a really big contrast between colors the eye’s jumping from one color to another trying to get the whole picture. That creates the illusion of movement.
Assignment #6
The room looks like it’s a teenager’s room, that’s why I chose relaxing natural color, added some dark and light blues and mixed with two different hues of green.
Natural colors are quite neutral spatially when they’re in the light value scale, so they can accept other colors. The blue color has a lot of good psychological effects on a child and particularly when we’re talking about a teenager crazed with hormones. Blue inspires creativity and clarity, helps concentrating and memorizing information. It’s also Calming and relaxing. Green has a similar effect. It symbolizes harmony, helps to feel comfortable, relaxed and calm.
Also, the different values of the beige hue I used are considered warm colors and they balance the green and blue which are cold.
