Color Palette
Color
[Kuhl-er]
Noun
The quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected bythe object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue,saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation orchroma; hue.
Color Theory
It is the art and Science of color interaction and effects. In order to see color there must be light and there must also be color receptors, which in our case this receptors are our eyes. We see colored light or light reflected off objects.When light waves hit an object they it's either being absorbed or reflected, the reflected light is what we are able to see as colors.
The Color Wheel
It is a circular representation of colors based on their hues and tones that represents the relationship between primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, and works with additive and subtractive colors. Additive colors are created by beams of light while subtractive color is created when white light is reflected off a pigmented or dyed surface.
Understanding the color wheel.
Properties of Color
Hue: is the name of a pure color and it is determined by its wavelength.
Value : it is the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a color. The value of a hue can change by adding white (tint) or black (shade) to the color.
Intensity : It refers to the purity of the color, the brightness or dullness. Pure hues have high intensity, while dull hues are low-intensity colors. Intensity of color is changed by adding complimentary colors.
The Project
For this project I was required to create my own personal aesthetic color palette.
My Project
I decided to make my color palette in the form of an eyeshadow palette. it contains 8 "eyeshadows": black, two shades of brown, olive green, two shades of dark red, a sand color, and a dark fuchsia. These are the colors I identify myself with; my clothing is generally of this colors as well as my make up or anything I wear.
