Monday, March 8, 2010

Chapter 07 - Summary

Chapter 7 - Color

Hue: pure spectrum colors like red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet.

Saturation (chroma): purity of the hue.

value (intensity): the relative darkness or brightness of the color ( 100% is black and 0% is white)

Primary colors: 3 colors by which all hues can be mixed.
painters primaries: red, blue, and yellow. (subtractive)
printers primaries: cyan, magenta, yellow. (subtractive)
primaries of light: red, green, blue. (additive)

secondary colors: the mixture of two primary colors.

additive colors: mixing of two or more sources of light to create color. (white light is all three colors)

subtractive color: mixing pigments of ink or paint. (mixing three primaries will result in a grey/brown hue)

complementary & triadic relationships: complementary colors are found 180º apart from the color wheel. triadic relationship colors are separated by 120º.
warm colors: yellow, orange, red
cool colors: blue, green, purple
analogous colors: colors that are adjacent to each other on the wheel. (ie: red and orange)

contrast: relation between the perceived values of the adjacent.

simultaneous contrast: how colors are relating to each other and its environment.

monochromatic color: using a single hue that dominates the frame.

bichromatic/trichromatic: two or three colors used within a frame.


Begleiter tells us that colors play a very important role in the story. Colors can also have a different meaning or symbolism depending on the culture as well.

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