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colorinteraction. black and white vs color.

Why is it that when someone sees a color or black and white image they usually prefer one over the other? Is it because the color sparks something in their brain triggering them to interpret it a certain way? Or maybe with black and white and the lack of color they feel free to interpret the image freely, imagining what colors might be there and opening up a slue of possibilities.

For me, I like the subtleties of black and white. I think personally the lack of color helps me focus on the subject a little better. In some cases color can make the subject more apparent, but the fun is in the search. I like images with no clear subject that jumps out at you. You've got to dig.



If anything, right now, I guess I prefer black and white because of my lack of experience in the color realm. Just barely getting my feet wet, so to speak, in the massive world of photography I still have a lot to learn. Get back to me in a year and we'll see how I feel then.

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color wheel

I've done color wheels, as I think all of us have, quite a few times in grade and middle school. I never really found them interesting or captivating. Never using this type of paint, or much paint for that matter, I was having difficulties. I mean I understand the purpose of a color wheel and understanding color interaction it was just never something that really sparked my interest. I made my way through primary, complementary and analogous colors struggling to mix proper proportions of each.

I finally finished, still not really furthering my appreciation of color relations. Waiting to peel the last slice of this color pie's tape I realized what I liked from the project. As out there as this sounds, the pile of tape which had served as a boarder for my pie had made a intricate colored pattern. There was nothing I really gleaned from this pile of color, just for the first time since we'd started this color I appreciated the color interaction

Dear Teacher,

Sorry for the comment about the stories, it was all in good fun.


Here's a shiny apple.

SPIRIT FINGERS

Seeing as how my esteemed colleague, Maggie Coolidge Van Duren, and I had previously partaken in a similarly styled painting and color study exercise we opted to take a less conventional route. Our proposal was to take the painting off of the illustration board and put it in another context while still keeping true to the study of color and how color is seen. We went through several different placements for the color scales, such as arms, legs and face before coming to the decision of the hands.

The first row [bottom] is a monochrome scale of shades and hues. The second is a gradation from yellow, to its complementary color, violet. Finally, the third row is analogous. We tried to make it so that, even though the paint was on a surface so eaisly recognized as a hand, you could recognize the relationship in color.

Different colors envoke different emotions. For instance the color red, to many people can symbolize anger or something of importance, i.e. a fire extinguisher or an exit sign. Marketing teams consider these color coordinations and subconscious meanings greatly when putting products on the market. These brightly colored bags are meant to grab the attention of prospective child buyers. If not with their own money it should be colorful enough for them to beg, nag, cry, torment and break down their parents will to say "no" one more time. These marketing teams know that no child is going to go bananas over a khaki colored bag with no frills or exciting colors. The same goes for toys. No child wants to play with, again, a blandly colored unexciting toy. These subconscious color associations fire off little signals off in our brains without us even knowing. The clear study and use of this is apparent in every grocery store, shopping mall and shop everywhere.