


The atmosphere is a filter that removes colors.Ĭolor is all around us. This is why the sun turns red when setting. When you mix all colors together, you get white. When you direct white light through a prism, you get a range of colors. We will investigate this further later when talking about simultaneous contrast.Īgain, let’s remove the background and see. Because they keep a relative distance in brightness to their respective grounds, they look the same to the eye. In this example the small squares looks like the exact same color, but they are not even close. Here’s another example of why this is problematic. The problem with combining color only by numbers is that you can start to trust the numbers instead of your eyes. The conclusion to this must be that color theory matters: Based on simple calculation we created an effect in the eye of the beholder. We can prove this by removing the grounds: They are - in fact - 3 colors, where the center square is a color midways in the hue spectrum between the grounds. This looks like 2 grounds where the grounds exchanged in the center squares. Here’s a quick example of how dynamic behavior color combination can have. You’ll see things that no one else sees.Ĭolor is one the hardest things to master in the graphic arts, as it’s both very subjective and highly dynamic (our perception of a single color change depending on what other colors we pair it with). Once you learn to control color, you’ll be like Neo moving through the Matrix. Everything has a symbolic meaning, and color is used to emphasize it. Scenes in the Nebuchadnezzar are tinted blue to symbolize clouds, heaven and light - the real world. The slaves in the Matrix are dressed in gray. A vague green color is used for all scenes in the Matrix. The use of color in this movie is fantastic. There are 2 reasons why I choose to show this scene: It’s attractive, erotic, wild and draws attention. Although many find it hard to work creatively with color, very few people would question why he chose this. More specifically, Mouse designed her… and he picked the color red for her dress. The woman in the red dress is a character in a training program built by the rebels in the Matrix.
