COLOR
Color is the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye resulting
from how the object reflects or emits light.
(HSL) Color is characterized by THREE Attributes: hue, saturation and luminosity
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Hue—a pure color created by a specific wavelength of light
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Saturation—amount and intensity of a color
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Luminosity—brightness or glow of the color (this is often also called value as well)
Moods Created by Colors
Yellows and reds are awakening and vibrant. Yellow, red, and orange are considered to be warm
colors. These are associated with sun and fire. Blues and greens are comforting and soothing. Blue,
violet, and green are considered to be cool colors. These are associated with snow, water, and
shadows.
The path towards creating creative photos benefits from a high understanding of colors and their
impact on an image, as well as a high awareness of colors surrounding you. Colors, and how they're
arranged, can either make or break a shot. Different colors can send out different messages, and
they indeed have an important visual weight and impact on a photo.
Using Color to Your Advantage
You can also really bring out the colors in your image by adjusting the HSL values when editing. You
can emphasize or de-emphasize certain colors by using editing techniques such as color dodging
and burning, and you can change the colors in an image by altering the hue value. There needs to
be the perfect balance of color: not enough and the image is boring, but too much and the image
looks unrealistic
Be careful of creating color cast—a haze of a particular color throughout all colors in an entire
image. Color casts are removed by using the proper white balance to make colors more pure.
Chroma is how pure a color is…a low chroma color has considerable gray in it and is more muted, a
high chroma color has no gray in it and is more vibrant. Vibrant colors with higher chroma values are
energetic, interesting, and active. This can make your image jump out and come to life. Muted
colors with lower chroma values are calming and sedative.
Color has two sets: primary colors, and secondary colors.
Red, blue, and yellow are the primary colors. From these 3 colors, the secondary colors are created
of violet, orange, & green. Mixing red and blue creates violet. Mixing blue and yellow creates green,
mixing yellow and red creates orange. Mixing equal amounts of blue, red, and yellow produces
black.
Yellows and reds awaking and vibrant.Yellow,red,and orange are warm colors.
Blues and greens are comforting and soothing.Blue,violet,and green are cool colors.So object such
as snow,water,and shadows.
Black and white are colors with zero chroma value.
They are shades of grey and (black tones are all colors combined,as for white tones they are
absense of color).
Pairs of colors that fall opposite to each other on the color wheel are called complementary colors. These pairs complement and intensify one another when put together. Studying the color wheel can give you a better understanding as to how colors affect or complement each other, so that you can use this knowledge to better prevail the correct meanings and messages in your photography.
The blue water looks very nice and how the ripples in the water really makes it have a bit of detail.The gray rocks help with the environment of this exhibit.Also the plant life gives me a sense of,"This is a nice area".Very luminous.
The plants around my front gate really make the house look less bland.It really makes me happy to see that the front is p.leasing.The black gate helps the coolness factor as well.
I love how the shadows in the tree image below looks.It really makes the tree look more In-depth as the shadow shows the width of the tree and the length.Also the colors are a bit vibrant with the lime colored leaves and the more shaded ones on the right hand side.To me this is a happy looking tree.It's very saturated with green.
2018 colors
color the property possessed by an object of producing different Sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light. Color is characterized by the three attributes of hue, saturation and luminosity.
Hue a Pure Color created by a specific wavelength of light.
Saturation - amount and intensity of color.
Luminosity - brightness or glow of the color this is often also called value as well.
The path towards creating creative photos benefits from a higher understanding of colors and their impact on an image as well as a higher awareness of a color surrounding you. Colors, and how they are arranged, can either make or break a shot. Different colors can send out different messages, and they indeed have an important Fishel weight and impact on a photo. Chroma is how puree color is... A low chroma color has a considerable gray in it and is more muted, a high chroma color has no gray in it and is more vibrant. Vibrant colors with higher, various or energetic, interesting, and active. This can make your image jump out and come to life. Muted colors with lower chroma values are calming and sedative these can make your image feel peaceful and Serene. paying attention to color and it's emotional messages and meanings is an important step towards photographic maturity. there are colors everywhere. macro insect photography is filled with interesting colors. Nature, cities, people and their clothing, houses, streets, Skies, beaches and everything around you is filled with color. You just need to be aware of it, and train your eyes to see it.
Color Harmony- all colors in a composition need to work together and not complete with each other. Bad color Harmony alone can destroy a wonderful shot. As stated before, one thing to remember is that any single color on its own is going to vary in two different ways, they vary in saturation and luminosity. you need to color manage and balance those two parts for each color to make them work all together. when you witness a sunset with wonderful colors and scenery in person, everything looks great because you are experiencing its with all your senses. In a photograph, it is a different story. When you look at a rectangular frame with a photograph in it, your eyes and brain without knowing are looking for interesting elements to keep your mind busy at it. A good composition makes a huge difference right off the bat, color Harmony makes a whole lot of difference! This is often the first thing that a person notices in a picture. Well some notes on a piano sound good and harmonious together, other random notes could sound irritating. Color is the same way, color Harmony rarely exist in nature and when the scene is transformed into a photograph, there has to be some color shift for it to all come together. The competing colors in your scene have to work together, and not against the composition. That color Harmony alone can destroy a wonderful shot.
Color has two sets, primary colors, and secondary colors. Red, blue, and yellow are the primary colors. From these three colors the secondary colors are created of violet, orange, and green. Mixing blue and yellow creates green, mixing yellow and red crates orange. Mixing equal amounts of blue, red, and yellow produces black. Yellows and reds are Awakening and vibrant. Yellow, red, and orange are considered to be warm colors. These are associated with sun and Fire. Blues and greens are comforting and soothing. Blue, violet, and green are considered to be cool colors. These are associated with snow, water, and shadows. Black and white images are really using pure Shades of Grey which is 0 krona values mixed with Pier black tones and all colors combined, white tones are absence of color. Pairs of colors that fall opposite to each other on the color wheel are called complementary colors these pairs compliment and intensify one another when put together. Studying the color wheel can give you a better understanding as how two colors affect or compliments each other, so that you can use this knowledge to better Prevail the correct meanings and messages in your photography. You can also really bring out the colors in your image by adjusting the hsl values when editing you can emphasize or dancer say certain colors by using editing techniques such as color dodging and burning, and you can change the colors in an image by altering the Hue Value there needs to be the perfect balance of color and not enough and the image is boring, but too much and the image looks unrealistic. Be careful of creating Color cast - a haze of a particular color throughout all the colors in in entire image.Color cast are missed by using the proper weight balance to make colors more pure.
This picture use luminosity to make the flower stand out,also the nice outline of the violet color really makes this look very nice with the flower here. The violet flower here is also an example of luminosity with a similar glow effect. This helps the flower stand out more.
the saturation of the yellow flower and the white and purple one use a bit of saturation to brighten and bring out those colors, if I did not use more saturation the images would look dark and depressing.
