Color Interaction. Acrylic on Paper. 10'' x 10''.
DESIGN PLANNING - Using six colors two times, this design consists of twelve non-pictorial, abstract shapes to show the optical effect of colors impose upon each other, eight sets of color combination are studied and their alteration in hue, value and saturation are recorded (Please see page 2).
These six pairs of colors are then arranged based on the observation from the study.
To demonstrate the alteration of value, hue and saturation, these six colors vary in value, ranging from low to high, hue range from warm to cool temperature and saturation from chromatic to prismatic.
Green Hue, Mid Value, Muted Grey: used to study the color interaction regarding alteration of value as color being altered due to its mid value.
Yellow Hue, high value, muted grey: used as background color when studying the color interaction regarding two alteration of value, due to its high value.
Red purple, low value, muted grey: used as color being altered when studying color interaction regarding the alteration of hue as it is between red and purple.
Blue hue, low value, chromatic grey: used as background color to study the color interaction regarding the alteration of value and saturation due to its low value and chromatic grey.
Red hue, low value, muted grey: used as color being altered when studying color interaction regarding the alteration of value and saturation due to its low value.
<Contrast in Value (One in Two)>
Despite both of the small center square are muted green, it appears lower in value on the left against the muted yellow which has a high value and higher in value against the chromatic blue which has a low value.
<Contrast in Value (Two in One)>
Although the left small center square has high valuer than the right one, it appears the same as the left one because it appears lower in value against the muted yellow which has a high value and the right one has a higher value against the chromatic blue, which has a low value.
<Contrast in Saturation>
Although both of the small center squares are muted red, it appears more higher saturated on the left against the prismatic red and duller against the chromatic blue.
Surprising, alteration of value is also observed in this study. The value of the muted red on the left appears lower in value against the prismatic red, which has higher value and higher in value against the chromatic but which has a low value.
<Contrast in Hue>
Despite both of the small center squares are muted red purple, it appears more blue on the left against the prismatic red and more red against the chromatic blue. It is because the background color will 'drain' its own color from a color that is superimposed upon it.
What I learnt is that not only one alteration can be observed in each study, in fact three alterations, namely hue, value and saturation can be observed at the same time.
