[Nfb-krafters-korner] Explaining Colors

[slery]

Cathy F.

If you mix all colors equally, you get black. White is the absence of all
color.

If you think these are confusing, trying learning color theory and then
having to apply it to photography

Black is the absence of all light, white is the combination of all colors of
light. If a picture has a yellow cast you add its opposite to get it to a
natural shade.
And when you are printing from a printer, your primary colors are CM&K
(cyan, yellow, magenta, and black)

Now that your brain is really rattled <smile> I'll stop.

Someone should have mini classes on color every so many months.


Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-
> bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cathy via Nfb-krafters-
> korner
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 9:07 PM
> To: 'Lisamaria Martinez'; 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Explaining Colors
> 
> Hi LM,
> 
> This was a wonderful description of the color wheel and all the
> variations.
> I felt overwhelmed at the thought of trying to explain all of
> these concepts to everyone on the list, and am glad I didn't try
> because you did a fantastic job.
> 
> I used to be able to see colors so to those of us who have
> seen them, this color wheel probably is easier to understand
> as we can picture the colors on the wheel as you describe
> them. however, for those who have never seen color I would
> suppose that it would be much more difficult and that the best
> idea might be to simply use the numbers and match them in
> the alternatives described would be helpful in choosing
> matching colors for any project. you know kind of like a
> mathematic formula.  If you want four colors you can use the
> numbers and different options described to choose your colors.
> What I personally would like to know is whether a tinted color
> would match with an untinted color, or  whether a shaded color
> would match with a tinted color. Or what about matching a
> toned color with a shaded or tinted color?
> For example, red and green go together, but what if one of
> these colors was tinted, or one tinted and one shaded, or one
> toned and one plain.
> Hmm, Also, what about brown? Where does brown fit in and
> what colors is it made up of, and is there a color wheel for
> shades of brown?
> I remember as a child my mother reading us kids this book
> about kittens playing with buckets of paints. Buckets kept
> being knocked over and forming new colors. From what I recall
> when all buckets were dumped over it created brown? So is
> brown a combination of all colors with perhaps more of one
> than of another to create the shades of that color?
> 
> 
> colors are fascinating to me and losing my color perception
> was a rather traumatic experience for me when it happened. It
> still saddens me when I cannot see the blue of the sky, green
> of the grass, white of the snow, or what color of yarn is in my
> hand. <sigh> Ah well, pity party over for now. <smile> Cathy F
> 
> 
> 
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