Tuesday 16 March 2010

Assignment 2

Colour

This assignment requires about 16 photographs, 4 of each showing the use of contrasting, complementary and similar colours. Also, the use of a colour that provides an accent. I’ll start with the accent.

Accent

Accent is where a single colour stands out against a background of predominantly another colour.

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Similar

Similar colours are those that are adjacent on the colour wheel, and being similar harmonise well with each other

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  Contrast

Contrasting colours are those that appear approximately one third away from each other on the colour wheel.

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Complementary

Complementary colours are those that appear opposite each other on the colour wheel.

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