Colour Properties

Swee Shi Ning Zoey & Shawn Ong What is colour?

● visual byproduct of the spectrum of light as it is either transmitted through a transparent medium, or as it is absorbed and reflected off a surface ● light wavelengths that the human eye receives and processes from a reflected source Colour Wheel

● Initial Inventor: Sir Issac Newton ● an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle ● shows the relationships between primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors Overview

1. Hue 2. Tint 3. Shade 4. Tone 5. Saturation 6. Value - Lightness/Darkness 7. Chroma 8. Intensity /Luminosity 9. Grayscale 1. Hue

● Hue defines pure color ● 3 Main components: ○ Primary ○ Secondary ( Mix of 2 primary hues) ○ Tertiary ( Created by mixing adjacent primary and secondary hues) The science behind hues

● Hue describes the dominant wavelength of the color. ● Each hue represents a particular wavelength of visible light ● Visible light: 400 to 700 nm 2. Tint

● Mixing result of a pure hue + white ● Lighter than the original colour ● When used as a dimension of a color space, tint can be the amount of white added to a pure hue. 3. Shade

● Mixing result of a pure hue + black ● Darker than the original colour ● When used as a dimension of a color space, shade can be the amount of black added to a pure hue. 4. Tone

● Created when both black and white or grey is added to a hue ● Tones can be darker or lighter than the original hue Overview (Hue, Tint, Shade, Tone) 5. Saturation

● A color term commonly used by (digital / analog) imaging experts ● Refers to the intensity of color in an image ● Technical terms: expression of the bandwidth of light from a source Albert Henry Munsell

● Inventor of the Munsell color system back in late

1800s

● American Painter ● Teacher of Art

● Dimension of Hue, value, and chroma 6. Value - Lightness/Darkness

Value is the lightness or darkness of a color. 7. Chroma

● The term chroma was invented by Munsell(1905)

● The quality of color’s purity, intensity or saturation. Low Chroma & High Chroma Overview of Saturation Value & Chroma

A certain color can be defined by hue (0° - 360°), saturation (0% - 100%) and lightness (0% - 100%). 8. Intensity / Luminosity

Luminosity can influence colors 9. Grayscale

● A grayscale is a series of neutral colors

● A grayscale color can be determined by a value of a one-dimensional color space.

● Black surface (eg. Monitor) relative intensity of white (light) applied to the medium. Artist References

Tints, Tones and Shades - Karwei Artist References

Jane Small, Imagine, 2012, acrylic and pastel on canvas Artist References

Ed Terpining, High Key Seascape Study, 2009, Oil on canvas Artist References

Karon Melillo DeVega, Saturated Sunset, 2012, Photograph Artist References Artist References

High Chroma vs Low Chroma Jon Neimeister 2011 Oil Painting Artist References

Sheri Lynn Boyer Color Studies 2010 Personal work - Shawn / Zoey References Zoey: https://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/05/hues-tints-tones-and-shades/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tints_and_shades http://www.workwithcolor.com/color-properties-definitions-0101.htm https://karwei.deviantart.com/art/Tints-Tones-and-Shades-116381147 https://www.techopedia.com/definition/1968/color-saturation http://fineartamerica.com/featured/imagine-jane-small.html http://www.edterpening.com/blog2/wordpress/?p=693#comments http://fineartamerica.com/featured/saturated-sunset-karon-devega.html References

Shawn http://www.workwithcolor.com/color-properties-definitions-0101.htm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Henry_Munsell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsell_color_system http://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/value-vs-intensity https://www.harding.edu/gclayton/color/topics/001_huevaluechroma.html http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/learn/color/luminosity.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayscale https://visual.ly/community/infographic/education/three-properties-color