MM 332:
Electronic Design
and Layout
Lectures/Color
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Why study Color?
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Helps to dispell the mysteries of color use.
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Realize there is a reason why colors work well together or
not.
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How do you communicate which colors you mean. For instance
their are many reds and artists need to distinguish between
a cherry red and a brick red.
| The Fauves ("Wild Beasts")
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Influenced by the Post-Impressionists, Van Gogh, Cezanne,
Gauguin
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Theirs were the first paintings in which color ceased
being descriptive.
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Color became the object of the paintings, while composition
and line became secondary.
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The
color in this painting by Vlaminck emphasizes the emotional
quality of color over its descriptive quality.
more paintings |
Color Basics>
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