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Petrônio Bendito
pbendito@niu.edu
Office # 753-6916
Observing Nature/Color
Scheme- Activity 13
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Two Important Tips:
1. Make sure that when you select your color scheme you pick colors from
the right tonal family (bright, subdued, or dull).
2. Make sure the sample from nature is well illuminated. Do not put the
sample against the computer monitor. If you do so, the colors will look
darker. The best way to "observe" and create an identical color scheme
is to place the sample on your desk -- and trust your eyes!
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Objective: To learn to create color schemes based on nature, taking into consideration blending structures*. |
Instructor's Note:
* "Blending structures" refers to how different colors gradually change
from one to the other. For example, going from red to yellow we will find
various gradations of orange. We can observe that in nature color gradations
can be very subtle. Besides gradual changes in hue, we can also see gradations
in value and chroma.
Activity Outline
1. Pick a sample from nature (leaf, flower, bark, grass, etc..,)
2. Observe its color gradation (take into consideration hue, value and chroma gradations)
3. Identify main colors in the sample and make a color scheme in the Bauhaus Software with 5 to 8 colors, at most. Keep in mind the gradual changes in hue, value, and chroma and their blending structures. Write down the PN of your final color scheme.
4. Design 1: Using the Bauhaus softcanvas create a composition that resembles the color structure as seen in nature. Your composition should have the same color scheme and the same color proportion and sequence as the sample collected from nature.
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5. Design 2: Now, use the color scheme to create a entirely brand-new composition. For this one, you do not have to follow the color sequence and proportion as shown in the sample you collected. Try to come up with your own way to use this color scheme.
Supporting Tools
- Web site reading
(This page!).
- Bauhaus SoftCanvas¨
Software
Alternative link to SoftCanvas
Submission and Documentation
Checklist
Picture of Nature
Sample:
Take a picture of the sample you collected from nature and label as in
the example below:
PaulG_nature_picture.jpg
Design 1:
PaulG_nature_identicle.gif
Design 2:
PaulG_nature_own_design.gif