Thursday 23 October 2014

All About The Advanced Color Theory

By Patty Goff


If one is in the field of arts, then one of the most important lessons that he will be learning would be the color theory. This is extremely important because it would teach the student how to mix colors until he is able to get the end result that he would want. If one is already an experienced artist, he will be learning the advanced color theory.

Now for those who do not know, the basic theory is revolved around the color wheel that is created by Sir Isaac Newton. This wheel shows how the primary colors would mix in order to form secondary colors. The primary colors are blue, yellow, and red and if they are mixed together, they form the other colors of the spectrum.

After one has already finished with the basics, one will now learn about the details and the measurements of colors. Basically, he will be learning about the different types of shades as well as how to measure them. Now there are actually five basic concepts that he would be learning about namely the hue, chroma, saturation, value, and the luminance.

The first important thing to learn would of course be the hue. The hue is what distinguishes the three primary colors from each other. Basically, it is the light that is given off to produce one of the primary colors and it measures how strong or how light one color is from the other.

The next thing to learn about would be chromaticism which would describe how colorful a color actually is. The chromaticity of a pigment will actually depend on how strong its hue is. If it has a minimum hue, it will be more colorful but if it has a maximum hue, it leans more to the side of black, white, or gray.

The next concept that one will be learning about would be saturation or simply put, intensity. Now the intensity means actually the level of the strength of brightness of a color which would also measure how much impact it has on the eyes. Now colors that are known to have high saturation are any colors that would revolve around yellow and red.

The next concept to learn would be the concept of value. Now the value is what will measure the actual brightness of colors. If one shade is brighter than the other, it is known to have a higher value than the one that is darker.

The final concept that would be taught is the concept of luminance. Now the measurement of luminance is actually connected to the value and the saturation except the luminance deals a lot with mathematical formulas with its measurements. The luminance is measured in intensity per unit and can be calculated by getting the average of a few colors.

So basically, those are some of the things that one will be learning if he will be taking up advanced lessons. The basics would concentrate more on primary colors and how to mix them. The higher lessons will concentrate on the details and actual measurements of color.




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