Jim Krause drops some serious knowledge about color and advice on using it professionally in the documentary about color theory. He explained how to choose colors for clients that suit their audience, are unique and practical. An aha moment happened when he explained how to fake multiple colors by using one spot color and black and mixing the two together to get more "bang for your buck".
One thing that left me hanging is his apparent favorite quality of color: "value". He repeats it a few times, but never quite explains what it is exactly. When it comes to color, value is another word for light. Therefore when he says that hue and sataration are important but neither would exist without value, he means they woulden't exist without light.
Light is made from all of the colors of the rainbow. When light hits an object, the object either absorbs all of the colors contained in light making black or it reflects certain colors like blue that are then read by our eyes. Objects aren't inherently one color or another, but give off color vibrations based on how the object interacts with the light. In weak light everything seems greyish because there is not enough light for objects to grab onto.
I often find myself perplexed how a computer cannot create a gold, silver or any other shiny colors in the same way that we see it in the physical form. That is because the qualities of gold reflect the light in a way that gives it a glow or sheen. The computer can recreate the color, but not the shine because it cannot interact in the same way with light that gold or reflective surfaces can.
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