Post on 19-May-2018
UNIT #8Local & Relative ColorLouise Fisher / Color 113 / Fall 2017
Simultaneous ContrastTerm coined by Chevreul
Definition: Refers to colors that interact and affect one another, which can give them a different or varied appearance.
After-image (look at white dot for 30 sec.) The Flag
Jasper Johns
1969
Anni AlbersGerman, 1899-1994
Bauhaus School (Weimar)
Color theorist
Textile artist, designer, printmaker, educator
Optical MixturesDefinition: Colors that use tiny
amounts of other colors that visually
blend to create another color.
Intersecting, Anni Albers, 1962.
Devorah SperberAmerican, contemporary
Installation
Thread spools
Lens and optical color create illusion
Recreating famous images
After the Mona Lisa 8, 2010.
Complementary VibrationDefinition: An optical illusion that occurs
when two full-saturation complementary
hues are close in proximity, which create
the illusion of movement.
Fillmore Poster, Wes Wilson, 1966.
Wes Wilson-“Godfather” of psychedelic band posters
-The Fillmore in San Francisco (1960s)
-Influences: Art Nouveau, wallpaper design,
counter culture, rock n’ roll, and...
psychedelic drugs!
-Clients: The Doors, Grateful Dead, etc.
Bezold EffectDefinition: The effect of
changing the dominant color
in a given design and the
subsequent varying of all
the other colors.
Bridget RileyEnglish (1939-p.)
Op artist / painter
Interests:
Color relationships
Movement
Patterning
Local ColorDefinition: The natural “base” color an object
appears to have under normal lighting
conditions.
Ex: apple is red
However, physical objects are made of many colors!Close-up of an apple.
What colors do you see?
Relative ColorDefinition: The colors of an object
that change under the influence
of light, shadow and
atmospheric effects.
Project 5: Consciousness and ColorUsing media of your choice, create an artwork that utilizes:
1. Given color palette2. “Opposite” color palette3. One optical color technique
Be able to discuss the concept behind your work, and how it relates to
1. Consciousness (awareness of the mind, state of being awake)2. Perception (understanding, becoming aware through the senses)3. Transcendence (beyond ordinary existence or knowledge)
Student Examples
Sand Painting (Navajo)-Practiced by Indigenous
tribes in SW (ex: Diné)
-Temporary & ceremonial
-Healing properties
-Portal to spirit realm
-Pigments made from
crushed stone (ex: gypsum)
Buddhist Mandalas -Tibetan sand painting
-Complex & temporary
-Destroyed: “impermanence”
-Sacred images of Buddhism
-Meditative act
-Offering to the Earth & water
Sagrada Familía (Barcelona, Spain)-Roman Catholic basilica
-Design by Spanish architect
Antoni Gaudi (1852-1936)
-Art Nouveau & gothic forms
-Symbolic light, color & form
“Color is the expression of life”
Sagrada Familía