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Color Notes

1. Before introducing any color in an image, what two properties of color should I consider?

Value, saturation, if it will be printed and on what

2. What proportion of the population is color-blind?

8%

3. Who are the most likely color-blind people?  And how would you adapt your color palettes for that audience?

Men, by applying a color palette that can be seen clearly by anyone regardless of their type of color blind/making sure there are clear value differences

4. What do we mean when we say colors have a value?

A color’s value is in regards to how much black and white is affecting a hue

5. What do we mean by an "additive" and a "subtractive" color system?

Subtractive is mixing pigments (CMY/print) whereas additive is mixing light (RGB/screens)

6. What allows us to make sense of the sight of edges, textures, colors, motion -- the eye or the brain?

The brain, the eye just conveys signals

7. What is a split complementary palette?

First you start with a complimentary color then add the analogous color too one of the original two colors

8. We talk about warm/cool color harmonies, with reds being the "warms" and blues being the "cool" colors.  In the real world, is red really warmer than blue?

Colors don’t have inate temperature. Blue fames are hotter than red flames but we consider blue a cool color

9. What is the most unusual color triad in nature:  primaries or secondaries?  How can you take advantage of that in your art?

Secondary colors

10. If you take a pure color and add white, what is called?  If you take a pure color and add black, what is it called?

Tint/shade

11. True/False: the human eye sees in RGB.

true

12. What does "moody eye candy fix" stand for?

Mood, decoration, Focalizing, Identification, Connecting, Symbolism

13. What is a "local color" approach, and why is it often the dumbest choice an illustrator makes?

Using realistic/traditional/expected colors for things. Bad choice because cameras can do a much better job 100% of the time