Starting out the lecture with a warning about having retinal damage at the end is more than enough to get me pumped for this. Alot of the first part of the lecture is just recapping the last session, which much of the today's lecture is going to extends. We first discussed different sets of contrast:
tone, hue, saturation, extension, temperature
Contrast of tone : monochromatic
controlled by our rods.
This is probably the most widely-know form of contrast in digital painting. What interesting is how colour have their own tone contrast
Contrast of Hue : Differentiate by the position of colours on the colour wheel , the further apart , the more the contrast . Seeing how some colours affect each other ,making them uncomfortable to see is very interesting
Contrast of saturation : Contrast of proportion
This a very very interesting topic indeed , as it would dictates how much of one colour should be use in certain situation to create a balance in the composition. It also would identify different meanings it can portray. It would also affect the attention of the audience when looking at said composition, as unbalanced contrast can draw the focus of the eye toward only a specific part, instead of viewing the entire thing. This is one of the ability that I have gained unknowingly from long periods of practice, so its very to actually identify what it is
Contrast of temperature : I would say a very psychological of contrast. Its also amazing how our eyes would perceived even the tiniest of differences between low-level contrast that help us to separate them, particularly how we see different non-existing gradients appear in flat-colour contrasts, thanks to a combination of tone, hue and temperature
Complimentary contrast:
Touching back on complimentary colours, we see how contrast between complimentary colours is pretty painful to look at , as both colour would vibrate as they try to get our attention.
Simultaneous contrast :
Formed when boundaries between colours vibrates. Its weird seeing how colours can change through optical illusions that our eyes create just by changing the level of contrast through many of the examples that Fred provided for us.
These different contrast really highlighted the fact that what we see might now what we think it is. And that our eyes works in quite interesting way of retaining after image that can affect our sight even after we have seen a set of colours. As professionals , it is crucial to understanding so appropriate methods can be taken to ensured the right quality for your product and more important, that it fits exactly to what the customers would like to SEE, without optical illusion getting in the way
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