Perception of Colour Flashcards
IN PERCEPTUAL TERMS, THE SENSATION OF COLOUR IS NOT A ____________ EXPERIENCE.
STATIC
WHAT ARE THE 3 PERCEPTUAL PHENOMENAS WITH THE PERCEPTION OF COLOUR?
1) LIGHTING CONDITIONS: EFFECTS OF SPECTRAL COLOUR ON SURFACE COLOUR 2) ARRANGEMENT AND AREA PROPORTION OF COLOURS IN COLOUR GROUPINGS OR SCHEMES 3) VIEWING DISTANCE
LIGHTING CONDITIONS) QUANTITY OF ILLUMINANCE (ARRIVING AT A SURFACE) MEANS?
THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT, OR LEVEL OF BRIGHTNESS
LIGHTING CONDITIONS) QUALITY OF COLOUR MEANS?
COLOUR TEMPERATURE OR CHROMATICITY OF LIGHT: DEGREE OF WARMNESS TO COOLNESS
METAMERISM?
COLOURS WHICH MATCH UNDER ONE LIGHT SOURCE, BUT NOT UNDER A DIFFERENT LIGHT SOURCE
WHAT HAPPENS WITH DIFFERENT SURFACE TEXTURES WHEN LIGHT IS REFLECTING OFF OF IT?
MATTE/ROUGH: LESS LIGHT REFLECTANCE SMOOTH/GLOSSY: MORE LIGHT REFLECTANCE
WHAT DOES LRF MEAN?
LUMINOUS REFLECTANCE OF MUNSELL - COLOUR VALUES (LEVEL OF LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS)
EFFECTS OF COLOUR INTERACTION)
WHAT ARE TWO WAYS THAT COLOURS MAY BE ARRANGED TO AFFECT PERCEPTION OF COLOUR?
1) COLOURS MODIFY EACHOTHER
2) COLOURS MODIFIED BY THEIR OCCUPIED AREA
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A SMALLER AREA OF COLOUR IS PLACED INFRONT OF A LARGER AREA OF COLOUR?
THE SMALLER COLOUR IS PERCEIVED AS THE FIGURE, AND THE LARGER COLOUR IS PERCEIVED AS THE BACKGROUND.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN COLOURS THAT ARE NOT IDENTICAL BUT SOMEWHAT SIMILAR ARE VIEWED FAR APART FROM EACHOTHER?
THE COLOURS LOOK THE SAME OR MORE SIMILAR
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SIMILAR COLOURS ARE PLACED IN A SEQUENCE OF EACHOTHER (SIDE BY SIDE)?
THE SURFACE APPEARS TO HAVE TEXTURE KNOWN AS THE (FLUTING OR FLUSHING EFFECT)
WHAT IS COLOUR ASSIMILATION?
WHEN YOU PLACE THE SAME COLOUR OVER TWO DIFFERENT COLOURED BACKGROUNDS, THE COLOUR APPEARS DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE BACKGROUND COLOUR.
AS DISTANCE INCREASES THE _______ OF COLOUR DECREASES (VISUALLY/PERCEPTUALLY)
CHROMA
AS DISTANCE INCREASES THE _______ OF A COLOUR INCREASES.
VALUE
WHAT ARE THE THREE EFFECTS ON A PERSON WHEN THE PHANTOM COLOUR EFFECT OCCURS?
1) HALO EFFECT
2) PROJECTION
3) AFTER IMAGE FROM GLARE