Sim Boon - Color Study

Color Study Sim Boon Long Group 6

Bezold Effect

Figure.1 (Mysterious, creepy feel)

Figure.2 (Saintly, powerful feel)

3 colors Constants • Blue • Olive Green Variable • Dark Blue / Yellow

The blue and olive green appears brighter and advances forward in fig.1, darker and receding in fig.2, due to the variable color changing from dark blue to yellow. The changing of a single color greatly affects the feel and look of a design.

Bezold Effect Creating 4 colors out of 3 3 colors • Blue • Violet • Red “4th color” • Light blue

Optical Color Mixture Constant ground color. Variable figure unit (lines)

Original hue image Hues shaded with slight grey

Overlay with yellow lines • Red duller • Green lighter • Blue duller

Overlay with blue-green lines • Red lighter, orangey tinted • Green duller, yellowish tinted • Blue lighter, violet tinted

Optical Color Mixture

Overlay with black lines • Hues become more brilliant and luminous

Overlay with white lines • Less luminous • Higher chroma (more pure looking hue, lesser dilution by grey)

Optical Color Mixture Constant figure unit (lines). Variable ground color

Yellow lines are mixed optically under the influence of ground color.

Monochromes Harmony

Green.

Analogous Harmony

Green, yellow-green and yellow.

Analogous Harmony Warm

Yellow, orange and red.

Analogous Harmony Cool

Violet, blue and green.

Complementary Hues

Yellow-green and red-violet.

Split Complementary Hues

Violet, yellow-green and yellow-orange.

Unrelated Hues

Triadic harmony Yellow-green, red-orange and blue-violet.

Unrelated Hues

Tetrad harmony (rectangle)

Tetrad harmony (square)

Red, blue, orange and green.

Yellow, red orange, blue-green and violet.

Colors of closely related values

Yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, green-blue and turquoise.

Converted to grayscale image for values comparison.

Colors of closely related values

Blue-green, orange, red-orange, red, red-violet and violet.

Converted to grayscale image for values comparison.

Colors of closely related values

Blue and blue-violet.

Converted to grayscale image for values comparison.

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