GOAL:
To create a simple, common vocabulary for discussing color and color relationships.
DISCUSSION & PRACTICE:
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Color Slides , perception and context. Introduce value (grayscale) and its relative scales- contrast (high and low). Introduce Hue and its relationship to Value (tints and shades). Introduction to what is Gamma/ Linear Colorspace and why is it used in presenting images on a monitor. What are the instances that do not follow that convention.
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READ: optional
Composition and the Principles of Design
Excerpts from “Color,” Victoria Finlay
Excerpts from “Color & Culture,” John Gage