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Color Science 2D and 3D visualization – Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics-1
From what you have seen so far about the color wheel, it may seem like color is pretty two dimensional, but this is not so. Just like in nature which has three dimensions, so is the range of color. Some colors, while we can see them in the visual world, just can’t be reproduced on the screen or in print. They go out of gamut or out of range. To imagine three-dimensional color, we need to know what the three dimensions are. Earlier in the chapter, we looked briefly at a compression chart CIE chromaticity diagram for comparison. Refer back to Figure 2-6. This figure showed a spread-out color wheel…
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Color Modes RGB, HSB, and LAB, HEX Color Codes, and What About CMYK? – Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics
Below the five swatches in the bar are the lower sliders which also react to changes in the wheel and base color section. Refer to Figure 2-36. Figure 2-36. Adobe Color swatches and sliders currently in HEX number and RGB color mode for base swatch Each of the five colors is set with a color mode menu on the upper left; in this example, we can see first the web HEX color which is very useful for working on websites. Then we can see the color mode that is currently RGB (red, green, and blue) (0–255) or additive color, and the lower sunlight slider is controlling the lightness and darkness…
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Base Color Settings and Eyedropper – Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics
You can change the base color that you base all your other colors on by clicking one of the other five colors in the bar colors below the color wheel to add a white or black triangle. Refer back to Figure 2-17. This will attach a white triangle to that swatch in the color wheel, and then you can move the color slider around on the wheel to make the other colors complement it. Below the color wheel, you will see the white and black dots on the left; these will allow you to select and set all colors one at a time when selected, which you will see the…
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Color Harmony Definitions – Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics-3
•\ Square: When dealing with four or more colors, there are a few harmony variety themes that can be created. The most common is the tetradic or double complement (square). Each color is set at 90 degrees to the other and then complements the opposite color. Note that another variation on this tetradic theme is the double split complementary, which is more rectangle-like than you looked at earlier, but this time, using the custom from the color harmony list with one of the swatches together with the other, you could create the custom setting. Swatches for the square can be moved inward and outward and spun around while keeping the…
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Color Harmony Definitions – Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics-2
•\ Split Complementary: To deal with this intenseness, you can create a split complementary that uses three hues, where one hue in the original complement is split to hues over to the left or the right, and these arm swatches can be moved closer or farther from the base color inward or outward. Refer to Figure 2-25.\ Figure 2-25. Adobe Color Split Complementary options on the wheel and resulting swatches based on base color selection You can then choose to use only the hues on the left or the right or on both sides of the complement. One thing to remember, when dealing with complementary, is you need a good…
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Color Harmony Definitions – Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics-1
•\ Analogous (analog): A color combination where two, three, four, or even five hues can be touching or adjacent. First, a base or active color is chosen, and then the other colors move based on the placement of that color. You can then move to other colors together on the wheel as you cycle around; this is true for all color themes and harmonies. A variation on analogous is known as split analogous, which you could create if you drag on one of the outer colors on the wheel using the custom option. This makes the hues one step apart. A good tip to remember about analogous is this combination…
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Working with the Adobe Color App – Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics
To locate this application, you need to use your Creative Cloud Desktop console. Choose the Apps tab. Refer to Figure 2-10. Figure 2-10. Creative Cloud Desktop with All Apps tab selected Then on the left, select All Apps, and from the middle section, choose the Web icon tab. Refer to Figure 2-11. Figure 2-11. Creative Cloud Desktop with All Apps tab selected and Web icon tab selected Scroll down the list of applications and locate Adobe Color and click the Launch button. Refer to Figure 2-12. Figure 2-12. Link to Adobe Color online app This will bring up the Adobe Color Application in your browser and you can begin to…
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The Science of Color – Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics-3
RGB can capture more colors than the CMYK model, but the area doesn’t equally overlap in all cases, and that is why your monitor (additive) cannot accurately tell you how a printed (subtractive) item will look. These ranges can vary from media to media depending on what is trying to reproduce the color range. Over time, some designers have tried to find ways to compensate. For example, to capture yellow better on a TV screen, they have attempted to add a yellow light to the RGB known as Quattron (QuadPixel technology) to get a higher range of colors in the yellow. However, this technology only apparently lets through more red…
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The Science of Color – Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics-2
In the case of the computer screen, the light primary colors are red, green, and blue, and a full combination of all three when added together produces white light. In combinations of two, we get secondary colors, such as combining red and blue, we get magenta; or blue and green, we get cyan; and red and green surprisingly, we get yellow. Depending on the technology used, LED, LCD, or plasma pixel lights, in their respective wavelengths on the screen, are so small that our mind is fooled into believing that we are seeing only one solid color, but we are not. RGB color mode is one of the most common…
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The Science of Color – Preparation for Creating a Logo and Infographics-1
Color Theory and Harmony Rules with Adobe Color Online Using colors in your logo or infographic project can be a bit intimidating if you don’t know what colors look best or coordinate well together. To understand colors, we need a brief overview of some of the science behind color. The Science of Color In our visually saturated world of images and graphics, for most sighted people, it’s hard to imagine a world without color. Color plays such an important role in choices such as what to eat, wear, purchase, branding, and mood. Everywhere that we go, there is color. But what is color? When we turn off the lights, we…
