DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING//WEEK 7
10.05.2021//Week 7
Chaw Zhi Ting (0347344)
Bachelor of Design (Hons) Creative Media
Digital Photography and Imaging
LECTURE:
Colour theory: combine the science and art of using colour. It is important to study how humans perceive color and how colors communicates.
RGB: Additive colour mixingCreated by mixing Red, Green, & Blue light sources of various intensities. Used in screens.
CMYK: Subtractive colour mixingCreated by subtraction of light. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, & black ( as B = Blue in RGB). Used in print.Hue, Shade, Tint, & Tone
Figure 1.2 Chart showing hues, tints, tones and shades, 10th May 2021
Colour Harmony
Figure 1.3 The 6 colour schemes, 10th May 2021
1. Monochromatic : Shade of Greys. is hard to make a mistake and create the distasteful color scheme.
2. Analogous: 3 colours located right next to each other on the colour wheel. Usually one of the three colors predominates.3. Complementary: 2 colours located opposite each other on the colour wheel. Produces high contrast compared to Analogous & Monochrome. Make imagery pop, but overusing will give an opposite effect.
4. Split Complementary: colour located on one end of the colour wheel, then 2 located right next to its supposed complementary colour.
5. Triadic: colours spaced in colour wheel. Produces bright & dynamic visuals while creating harmony.
6. Tetradic: made of two pairs of complementary colors, such as red-green and blue-orange.Psychology of Colour
RGB: Additive colour mixing
Created by mixing Red, Green, & Blue light sources of various intensities. Used in screens.
CMYK: Subtractive colour mixing
Created by subtraction of light. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, & black ( as B = Blue in RGB). Used in print.
Hue, Shade, Tint, & Tone
Figure 1.2 Chart showing hues, tints, tones and shades, 10th May 2021
Colour Harmony
Figure 1.3 The 6 colour schemes, 10th May 2021
1. Monochromatic : Shade of Greys. is hard to make a mistake and create the distasteful color scheme.
2. Analogous: 3 colours located right next to each other on the colour wheel. Usually one of the three colors predominates.
3. Complementary: 2 colours located opposite each other on the colour wheel. Produces high contrast compared to Analogous & Monochrome. Make imagery pop, but overusing will give an opposite effect.
4. Split Complementary: colour located on one end of the colour wheel, then 2 located right next to its supposed complementary colour.
5. Triadic: colours spaced in colour wheel. Produces bright & dynamic visuals while creating harmony.
6. Tetradic: made of two pairs of complementary colors, such as red-green and blue-orange.
Psychology of Colour
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