Thursday, February 6, 2014

Pattern + Color Notes 2/6/14

Notes:
Pattern:
  • Repetition of visual elements
    • such as lines, shapes, colors
  • Regular
    • measurable, repeated exactly, planned -> poka dots, plaid
  • Irregular
    • can occur in nature, not exact, somewhat random -> pineapple, zebra, animal fur
  • Radial
    • Pattern repeated around central point or axis -> bike wheel

Color:
  • is light
  • 3 Properties
    • Hue
      • color name or family
    • Value
      • lightness or darkness
      • color + white = tint
      • color + grey = tone
      • color + black = shade
    • Intensity
      • brightness (saturation)
      • mix color with opposite to dull it
  • Complimentary
  • Temperature
    • Warm:active, pop out (RV-Y)
    • Cool:Passive, Calming, Recede to the back ground (V-YG)
    • Red Violet = somewhat neutral - RV appears cool when surrounded by warm colors; YG appears warm when surrounded by cool
  • Monochromatic
    • color + tint/tone/shade
    • one color
  • Analogous
    • next to each other on color wheel


Examples:

Regular:



Irregular:


Radial:


Complimentary:



Monochromatic:



Analogous:


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