We only see a small section of the light in the world

The object absorbs all the colors except the one you see

Light affects colorIncandescent

Fluorescent

Natural daylight

The less light that is available the less clearly we see

• In bright light we see color and detail

• In low light we see shape and grey

Cones and rods• Cones see color best.• Rods see shape and in low light

There are three types of cones

• Each type is receptive to different color of light

• Red• Green• Blue

Though the colors of the middle squares seem to look the same, they are different, as the next figure shows:

The three ways we talk about colors are:

AdditiveSubtractive

In this example the center bar experiences a hue shift.

In this example the center bar seems to changes in value.

In this example the center bar appears to change in saturation

Transparent: Has little white in it. Made of Less opaque pigment.

OPAQUE: Often has a lot of white Or made of pigment that is opaque

Color Blindness

A better label would be color deficiency

19 out of 20 people see these hat in this manner

1 in 20 are red/green deficient

Standard red/green test

Earth

Red/Green deficient

Yellow/Blue deficient

Average

Red/Green deficientYellow/Blue deficient

Make your primary, secondary and teritary colors a different size or shape and keep it consistant!

12 hue color wheel

Color Value Scale

RedRed +Black Red + White

Monochromatic•Referring to a color combination based on variations in value and saturation of a single hue, sometimes with the addition of some neutral colors.

Monochromatic

Blue

Blue + White

Blue + Black

Blue + Grey

Blue + Orange

• Those lying next to each other on the color wheel

• (usually 3).

ANALOGOUS

Analogous

Blue-Violet Blue Blue-Green

• Colors that lie opposite each other on a color wheel. When placed side by side they will intensify each other visually; when mixed as pigments they will dull each other.

COMPLEMENTARY

COMPLEMENTARY

Blue More Blue/ More Orange Orange

TRIAD

• Three colors equal distant from each other on the color wheel.

TRIAD

Green

VioletOrange

TRIAD

Red

BlueYellow

• A color combination whereby a hue is used with the hues lying to either side of its direct complementary.

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

SPLIT-COMPLEMENTARY

YellowBlue-violetRed-violet

Violet

Yellow-Orange

Blue