![]() ![]() You might remember the name Roy G Biv (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet), but this is actually inaccurate when naming the colors. We teach children, and many adults, that the primary colors are Red, Yellow, and Blue, but they aren’t. Even the basics you were taught are probably incorrect. You are probably wrong unless you have studied Color Theory. You Are Wrong!įorget everything you think you know about color! And I mean everything. Finally, Value is used to talk about how bright or dark something is regardless of the color. A Hue is the difference between colors, such as blue vs. ![]() Saturation is how intense or washed out a color is. A Tint is how bright (or dark) a single color is. For this post, I will focus on the standard western color associations.īefore we start, a little color theory vocabulary lesson. We have very strong attachments to color as a society, and yet these associations can vary drastically culture to culture. Colors can affect us on an emotional and even physical level. It is really all about how we can apply color and for artists, that is essential knowledge. It explores all aspects of color and how color works. ![]() Color is a topic that deserves volumes of books, and I will probably dive into color several times in other posts, but for now I will cover the basics of color and some lesser known facts about how it relates to film.Ĭolor Theory contains the basics of understanding color. Everything you know about color is (probably) wrong. ![]()
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