Tuesday, April 21, 2015

The Role Of Advanced Color Theory

By Alta Alexander


Over the years, many paints have been developed and provided for use in various areas. Most of these paints are not available in their original form but they are made from other existing paints that are mixed up in standardized ratios. When right procedures are observed during the experiment, the desired dye will be formed. One of the basis that is very essential to facilitate carrying out of these experiments is studying the advanced color theory.

The study of this theory is very detailed since it requires the person conducting the study to have a rich background on different forms of pigmentation present. There are two major categories of Chroma which are the primary and secondary pigments. Primary pigments include red, green and blue and are commonly denoted as RGB in chromatography. These components are very useful since they form the background of formation of other paints.

The second group of paints was the secondary group which can also be divided to form tertiary elements. Most dyes that are present in the world today fall in this broad category. One unique thing about all elements in this group is that they can be created from the primary elements. Some members of this group include yellow, magenta, and cyan, among many others.

Some assumptions have been made by theorists who developed this mode. One of these assumptions is that all inks are possible to mix. Failure of these inks to mix uniformly has been attributed to some conditions such as impurities in the inks and imperfection of colorants. In the real sense only primary inks can mix uniformly to give rise to new pigmentation.

It was found that individual perception is what influences how we see things. When different objects are painted, a glance at them generates some formation of mental judgment of how they look like. This is brought about by the light reflected from them that meets our eyes. Theories found that light from outside of objects appear green while that coming from the interior side is more of magenta.

Any painter or designer needs to have a deep understanding on this theory. This will be useful in color selection that coordinate well with the surrounding of objects being painted. Paints can also be made from mixing the available ones in proper units rather than incurring more in purchasing certain paints.

Different characteristics have been attributed to some Chroma. An example is luminance. This is the ability to reflect light that is directed to a colored object. To increase the reflective ability, white is added to a hue making it appear brighter. Black on the other hand can be added to light pigments thus lowering the purity level of that hue making the object give off less light when subjected to a beam of rays. This is an important principle that is widely used by many chromatographers and scientists in evaluating different appearances of objects.

Different paints have different levels of saturation. This is defined as a measure of how a color appears when illuminated with a special light. This is conducted to find out which paints appear closely related to grey. Those which are more like grey are termed as unsaturated while the rest are said to be saturated.




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