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The difference between Luminosity and Inherent light is that luminosity refers to light bounced or reflected off a color by an external source where as Inherent Light is the perceived lightness from radiating from within a color.

Process Color – Refers to the CMYK color model used in offset printing to blend colors in such a way that it appears as a solid color to the human eye. https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/process_colors.html   Spot Color – a spot colour is an ink that … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

These are successful examples of layering and transparency through there use of varying colored shapes on top of objects with a transparent fill.

Value – The lightness or darkness of tones or colors. www.oberlin.edu/ Gouache – a method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a gluelike substance. https://www.oxforddictionaries.com