Monthly Archives: November 2017

2  Different colors that look the same    

Bezold Effect – The Bezold Effect, also referred to as the “assimilation effect,” is an optical illusion where a color’s hue or value is affected by the color or colors surrounding it. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bezold_Effect When looking at a specific hue, it can appear to … Continue reading →

Prismatic Colors – The colors that can be seen when white light goes through a prism. Examples of the prismatic colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. www.yourdictionary.com/prismatic-colors Muted color – When any color is mixed with black … Continue reading →

Josef Albers – He was a German-born American artist and educatorAlbers’s 1963 book Interaction of Color provided the most comprehensive analysis of the function and perception of color to date and profoundly influenced art education and artistic practice, especially Color Field Painting and Minimalism, in … Continue reading →

one thing that i learned was that hue is the determination of colors determined by there wavelengths.

Proportion – Proportion refers to the relative size of parts of a whole (elements within an object). https://www.sophia.org Relation of objects in an image with respect to individual size.   Rule of Thirds – A guideline which applies to the process of composing visual … Continue reading →

Low Key – A low key scheme contains a range of dark value colors. www.sensationalcolor.com/ High Key – A high–key image consists primarily of light tones, without dark shadows. https://en.wikipedia.org/ Narrow Range – Restricted in color value range https://en.oxforddictionaries.com Broad Range – Covering a large number of color … Continue reading →