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Seeing through color: Opaque, translucent, and transparent

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- Light allows us to see color and it also allows us to see through color. Light can pass through a stained glass, partially through a frosted piece of glass, and not at all through ceramic tile. When making images, color can be transparent, where light passes through the colors to the color underneath, making them clearly visible. Color can be translucent, where light is partially passing through to the color underneath, making it partially visible. Or, color can be opaque, where light is not passing through to the color underneath, making it invisible. Knowing the differences between each of these is vital in working on an image, because using all three can help establish a form, create a sense of space, and enhance the interest and complexity of a color. Here we see a ground of acrylic burnt sienna that is transparent. You can see the white of the paper underneath. If I layer pthalo blue on top of it, light passes through the two colors, and the resulting color is neutral green. If…

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Contents

• Introduction Introduction
  • Welcome 1m 6s
  • (Locked) Traditional media to digital: The long and winding road of color 3m 48s
  • Exercise files 22s
• 1. How Color Shapes Meaning 1. How Color Shapes Meaning
  • (Locked) Introduction: How color shapes meaning 2m 23s
  • (Locked) Universal, cultural, and personal symbols of color 2m 52s
  • Concepts made clear 4m 1s
  • (Locked) Brand identity and language 2m 53s
  • (Locked) Sequence and pattern 2m 31s
• 2. The Color Wheel 2. The Color Wheel
  • (Locked) What is the color wheel? 2m 20s
  • (Locked) Primary colors, primary concerns 3m 59s
  • (Locked) Playing with complementary colors 3m 40s
  • Tertiary colors: The basics of brown and gray 4m 19s
• 3. The Elements of Color 3. The Elements of Color
  • (Locked) An overview of elements 2m 48s
  • (Locked) Value is not a moral judgment 2m 26s
  • (Locked) Saturation to neutralization 3m 22s
  • (Locked) Temperature: How hot is hot? 3m 12s
  • (Locked) Textures, marks, dashes, and dots 2m 59s
  • (Locked) Seeing through color: Opaque, translucent, and transparent 2m 33s
• 4. Contrast 4. Contrast
  • (Locked) What is contrast? 3m 10s
  • (Locked) Creating focus: Living on the edge 1m 15s
  • Creating the readable image 4m 6s
  • (Locked) Connecting contrast with content 3m 54s
• 5. Color and Light 5. Color and Light
  • (Locked) Illuminating light 1m 54s
  • (Locked) The effect of contrast in light 1m 53s
  • (Locked) Value and saturation 2m 27s
  • (Locked) On temperature 2m 58s
  • (Locked) On complements 2m 10s
  • (Locked) Secondary and reflected light 3m 5s
  • (Locked) RGB vs. CMYK 3m 2s
• 6. Palettes 6. Palettes
  • (Locked) An introduction to palettes 2m 15s
  • (Locked) Limited palettes: A harmonious color palette 2m 35s
  • (Locked) Harmony and discord 2m 33s
  • (Locked) Unifying color grounds 2m 40s
  • (Locked) Unifying glazes and layers 2m 13s
  • (Locked) Charting a color family 2m 8s
• 7. Color Shape, Texture, and Context 7. Color Shape, Texture, and Context
  • (Locked) Balance of shapes: How much is too much? 3m 36s
  • (Locked) Weaving textural color 2m 50s
  • (Locked) Color in context 2m 31s
  • (Locked) Color blindness 3m 15s
  • (Locked) Challenge: Deconstructing color 1m 28s
  • (Locked) Solution: Demo of deconstructing color 6m 45s
• Next Steps Next Steps
  • (Locked) Conclusion 1m 3s

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