Primary research Observation process - Image board The secondary research introduced me to the instability and fluid nature of colour. This ephemeral attribute refers to how colours seem to appear differently under different lighting, when placed in a context, surrounding elements, colour, size, shape and texture of the object and surrounding elements and lastly the perception quality of the observer. This appearance is subjective to the observer’s extent of observation as well as eye for detail. Preparing an image board and observing the images of a composition of simple furniture I use daily, at different hours of the day will give a better picture to analyze and draw inferences and conclusions. A room of 12’x12’ with a window on the east will help gather a primary information about how colours of different elements in a built space shift or vary under contexts it is subjected to. This method also helps gather some insights about the interaction of different colours in different daylight conditions of eastern light and artificial lighting conditions. I used an ochre yellow floor seat, a dark brown square coffee table, a red saree placed on a stool, a peace lily plant in a water hyacinth planter. All these were placed against a blue background or a mattress placed against the wall with bed cover. I took the shots on 16th December 2020, in Sunnyvale, California. The timings of the shots are mentioned on the images. It was shot on an iPhone with no additional equipment. The climate was sunny with a few hours of overcast sky.
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