colour theory

Colourful Theory lecture was very interesting it first covered the basic physical aspects of light and what it is, then how the body registers light through the retina to be able to perceive it. The lecture mainly talked about the perception of colour. Just because we see something as one colour does not mean that object is specifically that one singular colour.

In the second part to the the lecture we looked at the applications of colour theory and the difference between pigment and light colour. We are taught from a young age that the primary colours are red blue yellow as these are the primary pigment colours because you cant make those colours in pigment form from the other colours. In contrast to this the true primary colours the primary colours of light are red, green and blue as these are the base receptors cells (rods and cones) for colour in our eye.
The lecture then moved onto the Itten colour wheel. The theory behind the colour wheel is that colours work in relation to each other colours opposite to each other on the wheel are complimentary to each other and when mixed in equal amount will cancel each other out to make a neutral colour. Fred also talked about the perception of colour in relation to other colour around it. Colours look different when different shades and tone surround that colour.
The main points I think I'll take away from this lecture is how colour can be perceived in different ways depending on the context of it. This will be very important during my design process when considering the tone of my animation.