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more color theory
Topic Started: Aug 24 2008, 07:21 PM (42 Views)
patmed	Aug 24 2008, 07:21 PM Post #1
Moderator Posts: 2,864 Group: Moderator Member #136 Joined: January 26, 2006	ok so i did some more reading and here are some more color theory facts: The incident beam is the light source that hits the object you are looking at otherwise known as the white light in the prism. Color insufficiency is more commonly known in men than women. Fluorescent light brings out color color ranges such as blue and violet. Tungsten light brings out warmer color ranges such as yellow and orange. Perception is best defined as the attempt to understand visual stimulus. On the electomagnetic specturm humans can only see the visible spectrum of colors. it ranges from xray on one end to television on the other end. The term sensation refers to the activation of light receptors. Metamerism is best defined as the effect of different sources of light on color The test to see if a person has a color insufficiency is called the Ishihara color test. Dermo-optic(and i think this would be cool) is a form of perception where the person literally feels the color. Humans have one blind spot in each eye. Ok i took and scanned a couple of things for your review too...and i thought if you are all up to it we might have a little show and tell in about a week. i know everyone doesnt have colored pencils so if you dont want to buy any and participate then i understand. These are the generally accepted color schemes on the color wheel There are tweleve colors on a standard color wheel and all the other colors made come from these twelve colors. they are: red red-orange orange yellow orange yellow yellow green green blue green blue blue violet violet red violet so if you can imagine those colors in that order going around the wheel it will help immensly. now what i would like to see you do...no commentment is required but what i would like to see....is everyone do a deconstruction. this is where you take a picture out of a magazine of something that catches your eye and then tear it into 15 pieces. choose three pieces that you want to keep the original picture of and the other 12 are going to be redrawn by you in different color schemes. the first three are all monochromatic using the primary, red yellow blue, or sub primary, orange, green , violet. so three boxes...each a different color...but only one color in each box....accross the top you will have red yellow blue or orange green violet. the next piece will be done with complementary colors....these are colors that are across the wheel from each other so it will only have two colors in it. you will continue coloring in boxes in the following order: Analogous: 2-7 colors on one side of the color wheel Triadic: three colors on the wheel that have three other colors between them . an example would be green violet orange split complementary: this looks like a y on the color wheel near complement is using one color on one side of the wheel and the opposite color is one space to the left or right double complement looks like an x on the color wheel but shouldnt be confused with the tetrad. a double complement goes color blank color three blanks color blank color three blanks. alternate complement is best seen on the picture that i posted up above...its just too hard to explain square tetrad looks like a cross on the color wheel with the complements being perfectly spaced apart and the last one is is achromatic which is the use of black, white, and various shades of gray to make the 15th piece. any place that you put one of your original pieces...just bump the next square up so you go in order. i am including an example of the one i did for color theory for you to see. if you have any questions feel free to ask and i will try to help all i can



gretchensteele	Aug 24 2008, 09:44 PM Post #2
Admin Posts: 5,277 Group: Admin Member #178 Joined: February 9, 2006 Camera Canon 5D, 400D, 350D, A1, AE1P, Rebel Lens #1 Too many to list!	hey Pat.. could I take an image and grid it and do that in PS? My drawing and coloring skills really suck....I'm serious.. stick people are beyond me and I can never stay in the lines.. And can I have day or so to do it??? You might find this a handy gadget too.. http://www.paintquality.com/color/colorwheel.html Edited by gretchensteele, Aug 24 2008, 09:51 PM.



patmed	Aug 24 2008, 11:47 PM Post #3
Moderator Posts: 2,864 Group: Moderator Member #136 Joined: January 26, 2006	yeah g thats fine. i figured like a week because i wont post anymore lessons untill next sat



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