Middle Value Muddle To make the project in Chapter 3, Ruffle Spiral Brooch, we ask you to pick a light value clay and a dark value clay based on colors from your collage. If you are having trouble seeing the values, try making a black and white copy of your collage […]
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Exploring Color in the 21st Century
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Five Step Value Scale Value is defined as the amount of light reflected by a color. If a color reflects more light than it absorbs it has a high value. If it absorbs more than it reflects, it has a low value. In the book we recommend sorting colors into just five values – colors […]
To contrast two colors you need to compare them. If their properties are very different, then the contrast is high. If not, then the contrast is low. Since color has three properties – hue, value and saturation – you need to compare colors in each of these areas. Let’s compare two checkerboards. Hue – Both the checkerboards are made out of two colors […]
Middle Value Muddle To make this project, we ask you to pick a light value clay and a dark value clay based on colors from your collage. If you are having trouble seeing the values, try making a black and white copy of your collage using a color copier. […]
Five Step Value Scale Value is defined as the amount of light reflected by a color. If a color reflects more light than it absorbs it has a high value. If it absorbs more than it reflects, it has a low value. In the book we recommend sorting colors into just five values – colors […]
Value is the most difficult of the three properties of color to see correctly. Hue is very easy – we are used to putting colors into their family groups. Saturation is easy once you get the hang of it – colors are clear, muted, or muddy. But value often stumps us. Color theory books traditionally illustrate a value […]
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