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DIPLOMA IN DIGITAL ANIMATION

DNM 115 – COLOR STUDIES

NAME : NG KA YI

ID : 2014050063

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PREPARED FOR MR SYAFIQ HARIZ

CONTENTS

WHAT IS COLOUR? 3-5

COLOR PROPERTIES 6-7

COLOR HARMONIOUS 7-9

COLOR PSYCHOLOGY 9-10

RATIONALE 11

REFERENCES 12

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WHAT IS COLOR?

Color is a component of light which is separated when it is reflected off of an object. So to

see color, you have to have light. Color is a quality such as red, blue, green, yellow and

others.

Color can be described by its name. Hue, saturation and brightness or intensity are different

dimensions that cause color varies.

How do we see color?

There are four types of light receptors in human eye: the rods and the cones of which there

are three types. The rod receptors are sensitive only to black, white and shades of grey. For

example in edge detection and they respond only to light and dark. The other three types of

receptors are called cones and its respond to different wavelengths of light, as follows: 'red',

'green', and 'blue-violet'. For example, when you look at an orange, the wavelengths of

reflected light determine what color you see. The light waves reflect off the orange peel and

hit the light-sensitive retina at the back of your eye. That's where cones come in.

Image sources: http://web.atmos.ucla.edu/~fovell/AS3/theory_of_color.html

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Image sources: http://www.daicolor.co.jp/english/color_e/color_e01.html

MUNSELL COLOR SYSTEM

HISTORY OF COLOR

Sir Isaac Newton invented the color wheel's basic colors in 1666. He split white sunlight into

red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet and arranged them into a natural

progression on a rotating disk. When the disk spins, the colors will blur together rapidly that

the human eye sees white. A century after Newton, Johann Wolfgang Goethe created a color

wheel showing the psychological effect of each color. He divided all the colors into two

groups which is the plus side that are from red through orange to yellow and the minus side

that from green through violet to blue. The plus side color produce excitement and

cheerfulness and the minus side are associated with weakness and unsettled feelings. Albert

Henry Munsell invented the Munsell color system. Munsell color system is a color space that

specifies colors based on three color dimensions like hue, value, and Chroma.

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base/getting-to-know-rgb-and-cmyk/

CMYK COLOR

COLOR THEORY

Color theories create a logical structure for color. Subtractive Color using pigments or filters

absorb some of the wavelengths of light and reflecting or transmitting others. We are using

the subtractive color method to do Computer printouts, stop lights, silk screen t-shirt and mix

color for painting. The Primary Colors of subtractive Color is Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow. The

secondary Colors are Red, Green and Blue.

Additive Color is the colors we see on the TV, PSP or iPod screen that are created with light

using the additive color method. The Additive Theory works when colors are added together

to make different colors or white light. The Primary Colors of additive color is Red, Green, and

Blue. The Secondary Colors is Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow.

RGB COLOR

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COLOR PROPERTIES

The color wheel also known as color circle based on red, yellow and blue, is traditional in the field of

art. The color wheel shows the relationship between the primary colors, secondary colors, and

complementary colors.

Primary colors are yellow, blue, and red. These three colors are the only colors that cannot be reproduced by mixing other colors together.

Secondary colors are produced when mixing yellow with blue

(green), yellow with red (orange), and blue with red (purple).

COLOR WHEEL Image sources : http://www.pengadprinting.com/content/color-theory-part-i-primer-1

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Tertiary colors are the color that mixing one of the primary

colors with a secondary color to its left and right.

COLOR HARMONIOUS

Analogous Colors are located right next to each other on

the color wheel. For examples, Red and orange, blue and green.

Complementary Colors are located directly across from

each other on the color wheel.

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basics/

Image sources : http://www.incolororder.com/2011/12/art-of-choosing-analogous-color-schemes.html

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http://willkempartschool.com/beginners-colour-

mixing-acrylic-paint/

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Split Complementary Color is made up of three hues. In

addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement.

Triad color uses

any three colors that are evenly spaced around the color wheel . For example, yellow, blue

and red.

Tetrad color uses a

combination of four colors that arranged into two sets of complementary colors. For

example:

Image sources :

http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-

theory/color-harmonies.htm

Image sources : http://www.luminous-

landscape.com/columns/briots-

view/color_harmonies_3_analogous.shtml

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landscape.com/columns/briots-

view/color_harmonies_4_cool_and_warm_domi

nance.shtml

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Tints, tones, and shades are variations of the hues when white, grey or black are mixed in.

COLOR PSYCHOLOGY

Color can dramatically affect our moods, feelings, and emotions. We have different feel when

we see different color. Color is a powerful communication tool that can be used to signal

action, influence mood, and cause physiological.

Image sources : http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/05/hues-

tints-tones-and-shades/

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http://www.mmprint.com/blog/2011/color-wise-

influential-choice/

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Color therapy is a type of holistic healing that affect a person’s mood and physical or mental

health. Colors are known to have an effect on people who have emotional troubles or brain

disorders. The color blue can have a calming effect which can help the people that have high

blood pressure. Green is another color that used to relax people who are emotionally

unbalanced. Yellow may be used to help invigorate people who might be suffering from

depression.

Color have different meanings that affect our thinking and rational.

Red is the color of energy, courage, vitality, action, ambition and determination.

Blue is the color of trust, peace, youth, spirituality, loyalty and integrity.

Green is the color of balance, growth, positive, life, nature, fertility and wellbeing.

Yellow is the color of wisdom, joy, happiness, intellectual energy and optimistic and

cheerful.

Purple is the color of the imagination, Royalty, magic and mystery.

White is the color of purity, innocence, wholeness and completion.

Black is the color of the hidden, Death, earth, stability, the secretive and the unknown.

COLOR IN CHINESE CULTURAL

Different cultural have different understanding of cultural color and symbolism.

Cultural color meanings of red in China is used for festive occasions, or traditionally worn on

Chinese New Year to bring luck and prosperity. It can also be used in many ceremonies from

funerals to weddings, or symbol of vitality, happiness and long life. The cultural color

meanings of yellow in China is a symbol of honor, imperial and royalty color. Green color in

China means new life, regeneration and hope or disgrace and exorcism. Blue color in China

means immortality and a feminine color. White color in China means death and mourning,

virginity and purity, age and misfortune and black color in China is a color for young boys.

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RATIONALE

I paint my painting with black, blue, purple/violet, yellow, green and white. I choose them

because these colors are my favorite color; and these colors will reflect my personality. Color

can tell a lot about me in understanding my behavior and my character likes my emotional,

mental and physical. Black in my painting shows a need for power, serious, strong, confident,

and control in order to protect my emotional insecurities. Blue in my painting shows that

have a deep need for peace and truth to live my life according to my ideals. Purple is another

deep need for emotional security and to create perfection in all areas of my life. Beside,

purple shows high ambitions, dreams and desires. Yellow shows logical order for my daily life.

Also, yellow color personality is perfectionists, fun and exciting to be around. Green shows

deep needs are to belong, to love and be loved, and to feel safe and secure. Final color in my

painting is white. White shows to be independent and need simplicity in life.

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REFERENCES

http://www.livescience.com/32559-why-do-we-see-in-color.html

http://web.atmos.ucla.edu/~fovell/AS3/theory_of_color.html

http://www.colortheoryresearchmunsell.blogspot.com/

http://www.uwgb.edu/heuerc/2d/colorsystm.html

http://www.hiland.com/knowledge-base/getting-to-know-rgb-and-cmyk/

http://www.pengadprinting.com/content/color-theory-part-i-primer-1

http://tutorials.knitpicks.com/wptutorials/color-theory-the-basics/

http://www.incolororder.com/2011/12/art-of-choosing-analogous-color-schemes.html

http://willkempartschool.com/beginners-colour-mixing-acrylic-paint/