4.1: Simultaneous Contrast Assignment
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Introduction
The rule of simultaneous contrast states that any color can appear to vary depending on the color placed next to it, suggesting that the color similarities are cancelled as the dissimilarities are emphasized. This is evident in the example on p. 62 where circles contain the same color but each seems different. (Color: A Workshop for Artists and Designers, Hornung, 2012).
You will set up a grid of two-inch squares in your 12 x 16 inch work space (six equal columns at the top, eight equal rows on the sides) filled with a repeating image.
Design a number from 2 to 9 that will break the cell into shapes that will be used for the placement of colors to see how they affect each other.
Materials
- Brushes, palette, water container, paper towels, baby wipes
- All required colors
- Glazing fluid
- 14 x 17 inch Bristol board
- Masking tape
- Value scanner
- Acrylic paint (all colors)
- X-acto knife
- Non-photo blue pencil
- Ruler
- Card stock or Bristol board scraps for template
Guidelines
- Tape ½ inch margins top and bottom and 1 inch margins on the sides to create a 12 x 16 inch work area.
- Use one constant, low-intensity (dull) color near middle-gray, no darker than #4 on your corrected value scanner for your number color.
- Paint the entire sheet the dull middle gray color that will become your number.
- Draw your grid on the dry painted sheet with a non-photo blue pencil.
- Draw and cut out a template with your X-acto knife on a piece of card stock or Bristol board, to serve as a guide for your number inside the rectangles.
- Measure the template to fit the rectangles exactly.
- Do not let the numbers touch the edges of the rectangles.
- Fill in the negative spaces of the rectangles with new colors that contrast with the low-intensity constant.
- Lay out all required colors for the class before starting your mixtures.
- Squeeze out a larger amount of white than the other colors.
- No straight out of the tube color.
- No colors may be repeated.
- Use a variety of mixed colors that vary in level of intensity and value.
- Use a variety of warm and cool colors.
- Paint a range of light, medium, and dark colors.
- Use as many new, contrasting colors as you can.
- The goal is to change the appearance of the constant color by the new colors you put next to it depicting simultaneous contrast.