Josef albers drawing exercises
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Assignment
The Color Relativity projects are based on Josef Albers’ color theory exercises and are designed to demonstrate the phenomenology of color and investigate the interaction of color.
Using the color theories of value, subtraction and complementary (simultaneous) contrast, resolve the following problems with Color-Aid paper mounted on Bristol board.
- Make one color appear as two.
- Make one color appear as the opposite ground.
- Make two colors appear as one.
Terminology
Value is the lightness or darkness of a color.
Josef albers color theory book
The more white you add to a color or hue, the lighter the value. When you add white to lighten a color, it is called a tint. The more black you add to a color, the darker the value. When you add black to a color to darken it, the resultant color is then called a shade.
If you add gray to a color, it results in a tone.
A subtractive color model explains the mixing of a limited set of colorants to create a wider range of colors, each the result o