Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Color Collage.. updated iteration

Updated color collage incorporating yellow along with the red and blue.  Red and blue create purple, red and yellow create orange, while blue and yellow create green.  Viewing this collage from a distance one can see the colors blending to create the ones that are not intentionally placed on the collage.  The way our eyes view and blur the boundaries of color, is quite interesting.  It's like our eyes know what color we should be seeing when two colors are so close in relationship with each other.  I know it's a more scientific reasoning, but in simple terms it still makes sense.

Section through color collage representing wavelengths.  While 'cutting' through red and blue one can still see orange and yellow beyond the red, green and yellow beyond the blue and the purple that red and blue create.  There is an implied transparency in this section since the wavelengths can be less scattered than others, which is how we see color.
A line drawing of a section cut through the same color collage as the previous section.  This drawing shows the depth the colors can create when relating each color with their respective wavelength.  Red has the longest wavelength creating the largest volume/square/viewport.  Blue has the shortest wavelength creating the diminishing point/ horizon line.  There appears to be a hallway between the two areas, this is where purple has blended between the two creating a transition space.





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