Part Six: Applying Color Principles Flashcards
_______ colors advance in the picture plane.
warm
What is meant by tonal progression?
A progression of colors in even increments of value
What is the most familiar tonal progression?
The standard grayscale
_______ is the best-known American practitioner of retinal painting.
Fairfield Porter
_______ was the artist who alternated between representational and abstract painting styles.
Richard Diebenkorn
median transparency
the hue and value of the overlapping area lie precisely halfway between the hue and value of the two parent colors.
dark transparency
the value of the overlapping area’s color is darker than the two parent colors.
What is a retinal painting?
A retinal painting is a direct approach to painting from observation. Draw what you see instead of imposing “what you know”.
Describe illusions of transparency and space.
Imagine two translucent colored rectangles that form a cross. Where the rectangles intersect is a square. The color of this square determines the effectiveness of the illusion. This can enhance the appearance of spatial depth on a 2D surface common to graphic and textile design.
Describe color and the illusion of spatial depth.
The illusion of spatial depth in 2D art and design is produced by visual devices. These include over-lapping shapes, relative size, relative edge definition, simple linear convergence, and linear perspective. Relationships of hue, saturation, and value can also contribute to the illusion of depth in a design or image.
Describe formal and informal tonal progressions.
Formal tonal progression can happen within hue, value, or saturation or a combination of the three structural factors. They are tightly controlled and strictly arranged in even increments like a grayscale. Informal tonal progressions are less formal like Paul Cezanne’s work when he mixes tonal progressions.
