Saturday, June 18, 2016

Color and Lighting

Analogous:

The couch in my living room has the analogous color scheme because shades of blue and green are next to each other on the color wheel. I thought it would have been more difficult to find this scheme, but I actually saw it a lot just inside my apartment. Once, I went outside I started noticing how common it is!


Complementary:

Complementary colors have always been difficult for me to understand. I feel like some of them go together and truly compliment each other, but on the other hand, some of them don't do the trick for me. On my keychain I have a Sriracha2Go bottle and the colors red and green are complimentary. I feel like I don't see red and green together unless it's christmas time! 



Three Different Lighting Situations - Water Bottle:

This photo was taken in my office space at work. There are fluorescent lights on the ceiling. I think this lighting doesn't do anything for the water bottle because I think the desk color and the wall color do not add any color or depth to the photo. The red in this photo is more like what it looks like when you hold it in your hand, in comparison to the next two photos.

 This photo was taken on a windowsill inside the house and the sun was shining outside, but not on the window. The window panes are bright white and can clearly be seen by the naked eye, but because of the bright light outside, the bottle and windowsill were darkened. This photo does not work with the water bottle as it's focus.
This photo was taken outside with direct sunlight. It is amazing how much color is shown in the picture. The red in this photo is a lot more vibrant than in person. You can see the sun reflection mark at the top of the bottle! I think there is some beautiful color in this photo and I think it works and compliments the water bottle.

4 comments:

  1. Yes, blue and green is very common just as green and red.

    I love your bottom picture. The water bottle does stand out and the red is very brilliant. What difference the light makes between all three images with yours and the other pictures.

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  2. Those are some great pictures you got. I must say, I've never seen a sriracha to-go little bottle attached to a car key chain. I noticed the same thing around my house that I have a lot of complementary color schemes that I never saw before. Also, I like the different shadows cast with each of your lighting pictures.

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  3. Good call on the sriracha! It was definitely interesting to look at what was around me for particular color schemes.
    - Michael

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  4. I really like the object you picked because of the many colors the changes in lighting show very well between each of the images.

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