Color Studies - 02
We were each assigned a color to research and present information on. I received Yellow and was actually excited that I got it. As Van Gogh has always been my favorite painter and yellow was his favorite color, it was a nice fit.
Whether it be the yellow sun that turned Kal-El into Superman or the yellow to create green for photosynthesis, the Primary Color yellow gives more life than we can imagine.
Fact: Yellow symbolizes sunshine, joy, cheerfulness, intellect, energy, and caution.
Fact: Yellow ochre is one of the oldest pigments ever used. In a cave painting in France, a horse was created using yellow ochre.
Fact: Chrome Yellow was discovered in 1809 and it's increasing availability inspired Van Gogh to create new variants as evidenced in his series of Sunflowers.
Fact (-ish): Judy Garland would've had a bitch of a time trying to sing "Follow the Blue Brick Road." I'm pretty sure it would've sounded like, "Fahwow the bwue bwick woad."
Fact: Yellow symbolizes sunshine, joy, cheerfulness, intellect, energy, and caution.
Fact: Yellow ochre is one of the oldest pigments ever used. In a cave painting in France, a horse was created using yellow ochre.
Fact: Chrome Yellow was discovered in 1809 and it's increasing availability inspired Van Gogh to create new variants as evidenced in his series of Sunflowers.
Fact (-ish): Judy Garland would've had a bitch of a time trying to sing "Follow the Blue Brick Road." I'm pretty sure it would've sounded like, "Fahwow the bwue bwick woad."
Other color facts presented by classmates.
Violet (Purple) - The difference between the two is that violet has a cooler blue-ish hue and purple has a warmer red-ish hue.
Fact: most commonly associated with royalty the extravagant, the individualist, ambiguity, the unconventional, and the artificial.
Fact: The pigment was so rare and expensive that only royalty could afford it.
Fact: The dye was made from two sea snails, the murex and the purpura and would require 1000 snails to create 1 gram of dye.
Fact: most commonly associated with royalty the extravagant, the individualist, ambiguity, the unconventional, and the artificial.
Fact: The pigment was so rare and expensive that only royalty could afford it.
Fact: The dye was made from two sea snails, the murex and the purpura and would require 1000 snails to create 1 gram of dye.
Orange - A secondary color between yellow and red.
Fact: It's name is derived from the fruit, not the other way around.
Fact: It's commonly associated with amusement, the unconventional, extroverts, fire, activity, danger, taste and aroma, the autumn season, and Protestantism.
Fact: It's one of five words in the English language that doesn't rhyme with another.
Fact: It's name is derived from the fruit, not the other way around.
Fact: It's commonly associated with amusement, the unconventional, extroverts, fire, activity, danger, taste and aroma, the autumn season, and Protestantism.
Fact: It's one of five words in the English language that doesn't rhyme with another.
Pink - A pale red color named after a flower.
Fact: It's commonly associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, the feminine, and the romantic.
Fact: Originally a color associated with masculinity.
Fact: Early pink buildings were usually built of brick or sandstone, which takes its pale red color from iron ore.
Fact: It's commonly associated with charm, politeness, sensitivity, tenderness, sweetness, childhood, the feminine, and the romantic.
Fact: Originally a color associated with masculinity.
Fact: Early pink buildings were usually built of brick or sandstone, which takes its pale red color from iron ore.
Blue - A primary color.
Grey - Intermediate color made of black & white.
Green - A secondary color made from yellow and blue.
Red - A primary color
Black - The absence of color (light). All colors (pigment).
White - All colors (light)