Joel Langerak

Prof. Heetebrij
CAS 180
9/30/2015
Visual Story Chapter 6
Summary:
Different sources of light make different portions of the color spectrum, for example
sunlight has more blue light than other sources, and a light bulb has mostly orange
and yellow light. When two sources of light of a different color are mixed together,
they create a third color. This is called the additive system of color, adding two
colors and making a third. Red and blue light create magenta, green and clue create
cyan, and red and green create yellow. Another system of color is the subtractive
system. The subtractive system mixes pigments, like paint together, not light
sources, so the color wheel looks different. Cyan and magenta create blue, magenta
and yellow create red, and yellow and cyan create green. There are three terms to
describe any color; hue, brightness, and saturation. Hue is the position of a color on
the color wheel. Brightness is the addition of black or white to the hue, so its
position on the grayscale. Saturation refers to the purity of the hue, where a
saturated red looks 100% red, and a desaturated red adds its complement cyan,
and the more cyan mixed with red, the grayer it looks, and it eventually looks cyan.
Contrast of hue occurs when there are major color differences in a shot, where
affinity is similarity of color. Contrast of brightness occurs when very light and very
dark colors are used, where affinity is the same brightness. Contrast of saturation
occurs when one or two colors are fully saturated, and the other colors in the shot
arent, where affinity is the desaturation of all the colors, creating a grayish look.
Questions:
1. Why were we taught so little about the way color works?
2. What types of moods does a lot of contrast in saturation create?