HW10
For today's blog, I discuss the rules in color harmony. The types of color harmony include analogous, monochromatic, complementary, and color harmonies. Unlike the previous blogs, rather than put a photo on top and explain the significance in the bottom, I will divide each paragraph with the photo that corresponds to it, so it would not confuse any of the readers. Each rule mentioned here will have one photo, meaning there are going to be more than two photos to show.
1. Analogous colors
Mentioned on page 48 & 49 of the textbook, analogous color schemes are the adjacent colors on the color wheel, which are green, blue-green, and blue. The composition above is a great example of the analogous color system as it has a mixture of blues and greens. In addition to the blue and green, there is some violet in there which is kind of a third wheel (or in this case fourth wheel) because it is an extra color to a three color combination. The piece itself is unique in how it distributes each of the colors, despite the fact there are some black and white spots in the background, the lines which add detail are mostly dark variants of the colors that make up the piece. I have no idea what the subject is, but the piece itself is beautiful and has got my full attention.
2. Monochromatic colors
Much like the analogous composition, this monochromatic color scheme also uses blue-green. The biggest difference is within the name of the color scheme, "mono" which means one. Despite the use of black to create the stripes on this feline, the color scheme relies only on blue-green and nothing else. It is a lot brighter than the previous piece, but it lacks variety. As said in the book, there is a high level of unity but since very little variety is present, the monochromatic color scheme can also be boring. Needless to say, I don't find this boring and I think it too is a beautiful piece.
3. Complimentary colors
The complementary color scheme uses colors that are opposite of each other on the color wheel. Unlike the book which uses green and red as an example, this uses another combination, blue and orange. Upon looking at examples online, I got confused because originally I thought that the complementary color scheme only applied to green and red, but after seeing most of the results from a web search, I was corrected. Blue and orange are also considered complementary colors since both are also across from each other on the color wheel. There is a little hint of green however in the form of a shadow from the subject's blue glasses.
4. Triadic colors
Last but definitely not least is the triadic color scheme. The triadic color scheme is a selection of three colors that are connected in a triangular shape on the color wheel. The three colors present in this painting are yellow-green, blue-violet, and supposedly red-orange, although this appears to be more of a yellow orange (close enough). The shape of the yellow-orange appear to be the petals or a flower while the blue-violet serves as both the background and possibly an abstracted flower. The yellow-green appears to be the shape of a granny smith apple, but I am not sure what the third color is supposed to represent. Either way, this is another unique piece in this blog.
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Analogous art:
Complementary art:
Monochromatic art:
Triadic art:
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