COLOUR/ TONE

We have tried color gel and color paper to set the white balance today in the class, and I am really interested about the part. Color can affect us psychologically and physically, often without us being aware, and can be used as a strong device within a story. Knowledge gives you control, and control means you can manipulate and use color to give your work a powerful and beautiful edge. Being able to use color to create harmony, or tension within a scene, or to bring attention to a key visual theme can be used to spectacular effect. In the sense of the work of the world’s greatest cinematographers we admire so much nothing is accidental. A strong red color has been shown to raise blood pressure, while a blue color has a calming effect. Some colors are distinctly associated with a particular location or place, while others give a sense of time or period.

I have a class Graphic Design this semester, and I have learnt some color knowledge from this class. It all starts with the color wheel. This should look familiar to anyone with experience of a 3-way color corrector. The color wheel is the common tool we will see when it comes to color control, and it is standard in color theory in defining a number of combinations that are considered especially pleasing. In a simplified form the color wheel comprises 12 colors based on the RYB (or subtractive) color model. In the RYB color model, the primary colors are red, yellow and blue. The three secondary colors are green, orange and purple, and can be made by mixing two primary colors. A further six tertiary colors can be made by mixing the primary and secondary colors. Firstly, we’ll notice warmer colors on the right side, and cooler colors on the left. Warm colors are bright and energetic. Cool colors give a soothing and calm impression.