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09/28/2005 05:22:58 PM · #26 |
So contrasting and complementary are the same thing I think I have it now. WOW - We just had high contrast. So here we go, but this gives us the opportunity to use color, whereas the other was black and white for the most part. Hmmmmm
I guess I better go study the color wheel. Sorry for posting 3 times.
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09/28/2005 07:18:31 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by Jutilda:
Oh, I was partially wrong
Just found this:
The complementary colour of a primary colour (red, blue, or yellow) is the colour you get by mixing the other two primary colours. So the complementary colour of red is green, of blue is orange, and of yellow is purple.
â€Â¢ What about secondary colours?
The complementary of a secondary colour is the primary colour that wasn't used to make it. So the complementary colour of green is red, of orange is blue, and of purple is yellow. |
You've uncovered the secret. Now just hope the voters do, too :-)
R.
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09/28/2005 07:24:35 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by Jutilda:
Oh, I was partially wrong
Just found this:
The complementary colour of a primary colour (red, blue, or yellow) is the colour you get by mixing the other two primary colours. So the complementary colour of red is green, of blue is orange, and of yellow is purple.
â€Â¢ What about secondary colours?
The complementary of a secondary colour is the primary colour that wasn't used to make it. So the complementary colour of green is red, of orange is blue, and of purple is yellow. |
Okay, then what's the complimentary color of gray? :)
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09/28/2005 07:26:31 PM · #29 |
grey isn't a color, you doofus :-) (I think it's a tone?)
R.
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09/28/2005 08:05:53 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
grey isn't a color, you doofus :-) (I think it's a tone?)
R. |
Sure it is! Gray is like when you take your sausage, eggs, and hash browns and scramble them all together before you eat breakfast.
Mmmmmm, gray breakfast.
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09/28/2005 08:23:24 PM · #31 |
there are also ratios involved in how well the particular combinations accent each other. 50/50 is likely not optimal.
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09/28/2005 09:11:45 PM · #32 |
Well, according to one site, you mix orange and blue plus white to get gray. So I guess to get the complementary color, you could take purple and yellow and white - whatever you get would be the right one. Would that be a kind of brownish hugh? Hmmmmm I shall study this more. But I did find that the complementary color for brown is cyan.
Off to research more colors. |
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09/28/2005 10:53:01 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by micknewton:
Okay, then what's the complimentary color of gray? :) |
I can tell you what color to NOT wear with gray.....well more along the lines of....if you have gray hair....do not wear maroon. Does not look good...makes a person look older.
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09/29/2005 12:57:58 AM · #34 |
another good site is Color Matters - Design Art
there's many others as well |
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09/29/2005 08:36:10 PM · #35 |
| ok, Im mostly confused but I think I have it..... |
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09/29/2005 08:38:35 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by micknewton:
Okay, then what's the complimentary color of gray? :) |
Royal Blue looks good with gray. And no, I'm not a Dallas Cowboys fan. ;^)
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09/29/2005 08:52:27 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by micknewton:
Okay, then what's the complimentary color of gray? :) |
Royal Blue looks good with gray... |
Hmmm ...
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09/30/2005 10:40:38 AM · #38 |
To further confuse the issue, I found this technical explanation:
Complementary Colors:
Notice how this word is spelled. The root word is the same as for the word "complete." A pair of colors which can be additively combined to produce white light are called complementary colors, because together they complete the spectrum.
The blue we use as an additive primary color contains light from one-third of the spectrum. Yellow contains the light from the remaining two-thirds of the spectrum (red+green). When blue and yellow light are added together, they produce white light. So one pair of complementary colors is blue and yellow. Another pair is green and magenta. Another is red and cyan.
When complementary colors are combined subtractively, in equal amounts, they produce neutral grey colors, or black.
If a medium-value, medium-chroma red ink is printed over a medium-value, medium-chroma cyan ink, the result will be a grey.
Now, Look again at the color wheel. You'll see that the complementary color pairs are directly opposite each other on the wheel. That relationship holds true for other colors than the ones shown. For example, orange lies between red and yellow on the color wheel. It's complement would be a cyan-blue color on the opposite side of the wheel. The complement to a green-cyan color would be a magenta-red color.
Here we go again. Your first grade teacher probably told you red and green were complementary. They aren't. There's no red color of light that can be added to any green light to produce white light. And there's no red paint that can be mixed with any green paint to produce a neutral grey. Try it—if your red and green paint colors are pure enough, you may be able to mix a black, but you can't mix grey. You'll get a dark brown. If you dilute the paints, or tint them with white, you'll get lighter browns, but you won't produce grey.
Many people think complementary colors are so called because they look well together. Complementary colors are often combined to produce a pleasing effect. But they're called complementary because they complete the spectrum.
© J. C. Adamson, 1997
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09/30/2005 11:03:13 AM · #39 |
ok so what colours are we supposed to use? LOL... going by the last complementary colour challenge it should be blue/orange, yellow/purple or red/green, but reading that last post makes me want to go to my colour wheel instead!!!
PLEASE HELP!!!(lol)
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09/30/2005 11:15:47 AM · #40 |
Don't worry about it - just take a "purty" picture.
Flowers would be good. ;^)
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09/30/2005 11:17:36 AM · #41 |
Originally posted by rex:
For ease of reference:
For those of you who need a refresher, your main sets of complementary colors are red/green, blue/orange, yellow/purple. |
I know black/white aren't colors (shades) but do they count or are you gonna go into a rant about me asking??? lol j/k
Message edited by author 2005-09-30 11:18:12.
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09/30/2005 11:31:52 AM · #42 |
I could be wrong, but IMO any submission that uses a different definition of "complementary colors" than red/green, blue/orange, yellow/purple is asking to get trashed by the voters. That's the bottom line for me. There are many ways of looking at the concept of complementary colors, especially when you throw secondary colors and their complements into the mix, but a majority of voters probably will not recognize such approaches as being completely on-topic.
So I know what I have to do, anyway....
R.
Message edited by author 2005-09-30 11:32:30.
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09/30/2005 02:52:26 PM · #43 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
I could be wrong, but IMO any submission that uses a different definition of "complementary colors" than red/green, blue/orange, yellow/purple is asking to get trashed by the voters. That's the bottom line for me. There are many ways of looking at the concept of complementary colors, especially when you throw secondary colors and their complements into the mix, but a majority of voters probably will not recognize such approaches as being completely on-topic.
So I know what I have to do, anyway....
R. |
But you're forgetting that there's at least three different color wheels. This holds true only if you use the RYB color wheel as a reference.
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09/30/2005 02:58:32 PM · #44 |
| If you look at this Link, it shows green as complimentary to magenta, and red to cyan. not red to green. |
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09/30/2005 03:03:07 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by justin_hewlett:
But you're forgetting that there's at least three different color wheels. This holds true only if you use the RYB color wheel as a reference. |
No, that's my POINT. I believe most people think the red/green color wheel is the ONLY one, and that anyone who shoots to a different definition of "complementary colors" will not fare well at the hands of the voters.
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09/30/2005 03:28:35 PM · #46 |
very good point Robt... I thought there was only one colour wheel... that explains alot of confusion... So I should look for a RYB (meaning I assume RedYellowBlue) and use it as a guide?
Learning sooo much on this site, its scary!!!
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09/30/2005 03:33:28 PM · #47 |
| The two color wheels I know about (Visual and Mixing) are illustrated here. |
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09/30/2005 03:40:48 PM · #48 |
Originally posted by TeeQ:
very good point Robt... I thought there was only one colour wheel... that explains alot of confusion... So I should look for a RYB (meaning I assume RedYellowBlue) and use it as a guide?
Learning sooo much on this site, its scary!!! |
That's just MY guess as to how the voters will trend. I could easily be wrong :-)
R. |
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09/30/2005 03:45:23 PM · #49 |
Wow, I wasn't thinking I need to break out an art textbook to worry about this one. I just figured as long as bold color is an obvious part of the photo, and 2 or 3 colors play nicely off each other, things would be ok. I have no intention of punishing someone because they paired purple and orange instead of purple and yellow.
But then I flew loose and fast with 2 out of 3 of the last challenge topics and have been reemed for it, so what do I know. :P
Message edited by author 2005-09-30 19:19:07. |
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10/01/2005 10:46:16 AM · #50 |
Hey - I just ran into this image browsing some of the Photo galleries. This could be a decent entry to the Complementary Colors challenge - yes/no?
I hope reeldeal4 doesn't mind my sharing it. ;^) Nice shot.
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