Project 3 : Simultaneous Contrast

                                                  One Color As Two & Two Colors As One

For this project we had to select colors from the Color Aid and do a collage showing one color that appears as two when placed upon another color with a darker value as compared to the opposing color. We also had to choose another set of swatches of Color Aid to show two colors that appeared as one on a second collage we crated through Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop.

Project 2 - Vibrating Edges

 Assigned to create two patterns displaying colors with vibrating edges. The relationship between the two colors is what makes them vibrate. Both colors are equal in value and equal in intensity, but they are opposite in hue. This combination will result in a vibrating relationship along the edges where the colors meet. I created my patterns using Adobe Illustrator. I used a simple box filled with my first specific color, followed by another box filled with my second color. In regards to the shape, I tested the star tool, adding and deleting anchor points for an interesting shape. My third pattern is a combination of my first and second, but I adjusted the opacity, and overlapped certain sections of my first pattern onto the background of my first. you can see spherical shapes with lower opacity, making this a pattern of a pattern.






 

Project 1 - Color Wheel & Monochromatic Painting

We had to make a Munsell twelve-step color wheel including tints and shades. We also had to create a monochromatic painting, based off of the tint and shades color we chose. I chose blue as my color because my image I took was of fruit, and there are no real blue fruits in this world. I chose blue for the irony, and because the color is my personal favorite. I had a hard time making the red violets and red orange colors.

I have found that I did not explore the colors enough, with the paint because I needed to spare it wisely. I also have a hard time getting a full range of value on such a small scale. I have a poor habit of going from dark to light, opposed to light to dark starting with the whites. During the critique I was given feedback to add the darker blue values to the bottom of my monochromatic painting, since there are few spots that display the value itself. I was satisfied with my monochromatic painting as a result, because it mastered the ideal abstract design, but you could still make out the fruit items of the peach, grapes, and strawberries. I enjoyed this project, but for future projects I will explore the paint much more to get the exact colors found on the color wheel provided by Munsell.

Munsell Charts - Harmonious & Balanced Color Groups

A popular theory, based on observations of nature, postulates that harmonious and balanced groups of colors are pleasing. According  to this theory, harmonious color groups comprise similar colors, and balances color groups comprise opposite or nearly opposite colors.

Munsell Charts - Color Control & Color Sequences

Often, an artist of designer wishes to create an appearance of unity in a work. This can be accomplished by establishing a dominant hue, value, and chroma, and repeating them throughout the work. To prevent monotony, a few colors that contrast in hue, value, and chroma are also used. In aerial perspective, the illusion of distance is created by making a color more blue than gray. Munsell postulated that dissimilar colors can be harmonized by creating a sequence between them.

Munsell Charts - Color Assimilation & Optical Mixture, Transparency & Iridescence Exercises

 

When one color is surrounded by another, vision emphasizes the difference between the colors. However, when colors are alternated in very thin stripes or tiny dots the opposite effect occurs ; vision emphasizes the similarity between the colors and they appear more alike. If the stripes are very thin or the dots tiny, or if viewed from a distance, vision is unable to differentiate the colors and they appear mixed. 

Munsell Charts - Matte & Glossy Colors

Surface reflection strongly affects color appearance. A color appears darker and somewhat more vivid with a high gloss surface, and a lighter and grayer with a matter surface.