Sunday, February 17, 2008

The Element of Color

Reading this chapter I felt overwhelmed by the amount of information and endless theories surrounding color. Here are some of the things I didn't know and would like to learn more about:

Didn't Know:
-The difference between tint, tone and shade. Before I thought that they all were pretty much the same thing but after reading I understand differently.
-There were so many theories and aspects to consider when it came to using color. I think it's hard to remember all those things so it will be interesting putting them all to use and trying to recognize when I am using them

Other stuff I would love to know about color and using color:
-I would like to learn how to use all these different aspects of color in photo shop (I know that we can play with hue and saturation, but how do we handle tint, tone and shade?)
-We all know that different color and different uses of it affect people and their emotions in varying ways. It would be interesting to understand these affects in detail and other affects color has on the human mind. Like does a certain color or value of that color make you remember information better? etc.

Here are some links I found regarding color and color theory:
http://www.colormatters.com/colortheory.html
http://www.precisionintermedia.com/color.html

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