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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