Colour Theory

Colour Pallet

Today we were asked to all make our own colour pallet on photoshop. We did this by following these 3 simple steps.

1.Create the three primary colours

2. Mix equal amounts of each of the primary colours to produce the secondary colours

3. Mix equal amounts of the secondary colours to produce the tertiary colours.

Here's my final product...

Positive and Negative Space

Positive and Negative Space

Positive Space is the Occupied area of a composition 

Negative Space is the unoccupied area of a composition

In this image the positive space is the vase and the negative space is the space around it.

In this image the negative space is the back background around the image. What images can you see in the negative space?

This works in two dimensions

And it works in three dimensions too. Stare at this image for a short while. Does the background sometimes appear in front of the subject?

The Yin Yang sometimes referred to as Taijitu or just the taiji symbol means literally - "Diagram of the supreme ultimate"

The practice of Tajiquan or Tai Chi Chuan translates as Supreme Ultimate Fist

This is a very good example of positive and negative space in terms of design and meaning

Its a symbol of the ancient chinese philosophy of Taoism and refers to the relative relationship of opposites. 

Yin Yang is ofen mistakenly referred to as Yin and Yang. 

Nothing is completely Yin and nothing is completely Yang

It does not mean good and evil

Here is a YinYang symbol that I made using Adobe Illustrator CS5.

Note that it wasn't finished yet.

  

My Example of rhythm

Flowing rhythm

Progressive rhythm

Regular Rhythm

Rhythm

Progressive Rhythm 


Here are two examples of progressive rhythm we know this because it shows a sequence of shapes and forms through a progression of steps.

Rhythm

Flowing rhythm


Here are two examples of flowing rhythm we know this because the rhythm gives a sense of movement
flowing rhythm is often organic or in nature.

Rhythm

Regular Rhythm


Regular Rhythm


Here are two examples of regular rhythm you can tell there regular rhythm because there's no real change in the patten. We also know its regular rhythm from the use of repetition on just one pattern or texture.