Generally I have avoided making notes on the course notes as I think one can take as a given that they are read as an integral part of and precursor to the exercises; the exercises themselves are evidence of reading the course notes.
I make an exception here however as there is on p85 of the notes a reference to additional material on Colour that is advisably read before progressing to the exercises. I have already completed the first exercise but it is a relatively simple exercise. Before completing further exercises it seemed sensible to read the additional notes, and to make some notes on these in the learning log.
Colour creates deeper responses than the simple visual response induced by the graphic elements; works in 3 ways: Visual - the objective immediately obvious level;
Expressive - emotional level;
Cultural - certain combinations associated with things we have grown up with;
Qualities of colour
Hue - prime quality that can be influenced by light or filters;
Brilliance
Saturation - measure of pureness of colour - desaturated when mixed with other colours.
Primary colours
Yellow - brightest and lightest of colours, vigorous and sharp;
Blue - darkest primary. Cool, suggest reflectiveness.
Red - powerful colour, relatively dense and solid.
Secondary colours
Orange - brilliant and powerful. When lighter, suggests warmth;
Violet - elusive. Pure violet is darkest colour, lighter is lavender. Creates impression of mystery and immensity.
Green - most visible colour
Basic colour combinations: red/green, orange/blue, yellow/violet.
Generally accepted light values determined by Goethe are Yellow 9, Orange 8, Red and Green 6, Blue 4 and Violet 3
Red/green harmony - same luminosity produces vibration, edge between colours appears unstable.
Blue/orange - as orange is twice the luminosity of blue so blue should be twice the area.
Yellow/violet - brightest and darkest requires 1:3 for balance
Multi colour combinations - groups of pure colours make easy, attention grabbing shots.
Broken colours
Unlike Art, photography has to work with real world colours where purity is less common although this helps eye to "be delicate in its discrimination".
Black and white
Black is maximum density - Dmax
White is absence of tone - careful to get exposure correct.
Distance
Cool colours recede, warm colours advance. Cool suggest wetness, orange/red dryness
