The importance to understand the color, first is
understanding the light.
Light is usually defined as that portion of the electromagnetic
spectrum visible to the average human eye. It is commonly called “visible
light” and subdivided into seven major colors—red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
indigo, and violet. Visible light lies on the electromagnetic spectrum in
between infrared
and ultraviolet
light.
The objective components of color are: a source of radiant
energy, a medium through which that energy travels, and an object. That absorbs
and reflects different portions of the light spectrum.
The subjective components of color are:
The response to the reflected light- the cones and rods in
the retina of the eye-and the brain that interprets the information received as
color and generates sensations in response to that information. The optic
nerve carries visual information from the cones and rods to the visual
cortex of the brain, where the experience of color is made conscious and human
emotions, associations, and memory are generated.
-Elena Gutierrez.
Adapted from the lecture “The Physics and Chemistry of Light
and Color” by Daniel
Barber. http://www.daniel-barber.com
PAINTING AND PICTURE MADE BY ELENA GUTIERREZ (Elena G).
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