On this weeks lecture I have learned a lot more about the colors and also Munsell color theory. We learn about different color modes and natural color system. Warm and cool colors are also one of the topics.
Color modes
When discussed about color modes. I have only heard of RGB because it's very common in computer science to adjust the wanted color. The range of each color is 0-255. In this example I will put maximum of Red and Green to get Yellow color. We usually type like this:
(255,255,0);
This means that I have added maximum amount of Red and Green. Then the output would be Yellow.
I haven't heard about CYM or RYB. CYM seems to be used in printed media and RYB is used in mixing paint.
Munsell color theory
This is totally a new stuff that I have never heard before and is pretty cool to understand. I did some googling and found explanation from Wikipedia:
"In colorimetry, the Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: hue, value (lightness), and chroma (color purity)."
If we go up in y axis then the color will be lighter and going down would make it darker. Going out from the middle will add more of the color and depending on which way to go, the color will be decided. This is simple and amazing. Looking at the image, the theory can be understood easily.
Natural color system
Here is a Natural color system Color Circle.
Natural Color System is based entirely on the phenomenology of human perception and not on color mixing. There are six elementary colors that are in human vision. The colors are white, black, red, yellow, green, and blue.
Cool and Warm colors
It was nice to know exactly cool and warm colors in the lecture's picture.
This can clearly affect the feeling that we get when we look at some picture which has cool colors and other has warm colors.
Picture of Hogwarts from Harry Potter has many cool colors but when looking at the lights that shines through the doors and windows. You can see that there are warm colors which in this case represents life and safety.
I learned that warm colors appears near but cool colors appears distant. Usually warm areas are surrounded by cool areas like in Hogwarts castle picture.
The power of Yellow
After watching a video of yellow cape people in the park. I understood why kids safety jackets are usually yellow. It can be seen in dark so well that it will keep the kids safe. The safety jacket will also reflect the light that hits it and that is why it can be seen from far.
Overall this week's lecture was very interesting. Speaking of the meaning of different colors are interesting. And also about the animals, animal's colors can tell how dangerous they are even if they are small.
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