Color Theory - Page 2

v-six · 12-09-2005, 07:49 PM

even more. Try with just the triangles

**koala** · 12-11-2005, 06:53 AM

1. In Photoshop I used the 'hue' slider to cycle through the various colour combinations and red & green seemed to vibrate the most. Purple & yellow also work well. The size of each colour bar in relation to its neighbour seems to affect the ammount of vibration. Where the red and green bars are the same width there is more vibration than where one colour dominates the other.

2. Lowered the saturation of the green and added some yellow to it, to bring it closer to red on the colour wheel. No changes to the red, but it looks softer than in the first image.

Chevy · 12-11-2005, 09:13 PM

I think this is it ...

v-six · 12-11-2005, 09:45 PM

Better. Now the only thing left to work on is that you've got red on blue and red on blue. Even with the blues at a different tone, the red will respond in the same way. Play with different background colors and see if the red does anything different.

Chevy · 12-11-2005, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SixShooter

Better. Now the only thing left to work on is that you've got red on blue and red on blue. Even with the blues at a different tone, the red will respond in the same way. Play with different background colors and see if the red does anything different.

Ahh .. I thought that we were supposed to keep the same base colors, adjusting the background to heighten or lessen the shimmer perception ...

v-six · 12-11-2005, 10:18 PM

Clarification for part 3: All you need to do is make a layout where the same color appears to be different, and the only rule is solid color only.

E-Liam · 12-12-2005, 05:41 AM

Hi,

Got here eventually..

1. It was difficult to find colours that no-one had already used, but here we go..

2. This one was almost accidental in that they were the first (relatively random) combination that I tried.

3. I thought here that using a background colour with a lot of yellow, the same as the object, would give one effect, whereas using the second with significantly less would be the contrast. BTW, my monitor is the better part of ten years old, so it may look completely different to you.

EDIT. It seems to me that the red content seems to be the key in all of these.. just an observation.

Cheers

Liam

v-six · 12-12-2005, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chevy

Ahh .. I thought that we were supposed to keep the same base colors, adjusting the background to heighten or lessen the shimmer perception ...

Chevy, I won't subject you to any more torture. Let me know if you can see how the arrows react differently to their backgrounds my attachment. The dense blue is complimentary to the red/orange. It makes the color seem brighter than it is. The reddish pink is the color of your arrows lightened up with less saturation. It is weak compared to the color of the arrow, and therefore makes the arrow seem darker.
Please everyone understand that I'm not trying to make you all figure out how color theory works. My hope in this lesson is to get you all to actively think about how colors that you use will react to each other... and that color is always relative.

v-six · 12-12-2005, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by E-Liam

EDIT. It seems to me that the red content seems to be the key in all of these.. just an observation.

Cheers

Liam

Red has the largest wavelength, and can be very painful when used correctly (or incorrectly. Also, bear in mind that with complimentary colors, there's only three main choices.. Red/Green, Blue/Orange, Yellow/Purple.
Also, put a blue and saturated orange together, and the orange will look red.

Chevy · 12-14-2005, 08:32 AM

So ... what's next?

I'm kinda getting into this ....

v-six · 12-14-2005, 09:38 AM

You want more huh?

Here a sequel to to part 3.

Take a grey with a hint of color and make it look like a flat grey (no color at all).
This can be done easily by putting this color inside a body of a similar hue with more saturation. Here's my example. Both circles are the same color... the one on the left looks grey, but on the right it's more obvious that the circle is actually purple.

**devil lady** · 12-15-2005, 01:15 AM

Like this? Or is it supposed to be a blue spot?

v-six · 12-15-2005, 01:19 AM

The plan would be to use a blue spot, but surround it with a blue that will make the spot look grey

**koala** · 12-15-2005, 06:21 AM

For those who missed mimo's post in Offline...

Quote:

Originally Posted by mimo2005

If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, you will only see one color, pink. If you stare at the black + in the center, the moving dot turns to green. Now, concentrate on the black + in the center of the picture. After a short period of time, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see a green dot rotating if you're lucky! It's amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot, and the pink ones really don't disappear.

Chevy · 12-15-2005, 09:00 PM

Ok .. I think I got this one ...

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12-12-2005, 05:41 AM	#27 (permalink)
E-Liam Manager, On the Web Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bracknell, UK Posts: 929 OS: XP	Hi, Got here eventually.. 1. It was difficult to find colours that no-one had already used, but here we go.. 2. This one was almost accidental in that they were the first (relatively random) combination that I tried. 3. I thought here that using a background colour with a lot of yellow, the same as the object, would give one effect, whereas using the second with significantly less would be the contrast. BTW, my monitor is the better part of ten years old, so it may look completely different to you. EDIT. It seems to me that the red content seems to be the key in all of these.. just an observation. Cheers Liam __________________ My Mother suggested a family outing... so I told her Uncle Bob was gay. (Trevor D.) Never argue with an idiot! They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A member of the Alliance of Security Analysis Professionals since 2004. Last edited by E-Liam : 12-12-2005 at 05:42 AM.

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12-15-2005, 01:19 AM	#33 (permalink)
v-six Manager, Design Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: High Falls, NY Posts: 2,064 OS: OS X for mac, XP Pro for PC	The plan would be to use a blue spot, but surround it with a blue that will make the spot look grey __________________ mysql> --i-am-a-dummy Brewing up something good at vervesix...

12-15-2005, 09:00 PM	#35 (permalink)
Chevy Semi-Retired Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Notlob Posts: 5,171 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Ok .. I think I got this one ... __________________ “My philosophy, like color television, is all there in black and white” -M. Python