Comments on: assignment 6

By: WENHUA.SHI@GMAIL.COM

WENHUA.SHI@GMAIL.COM — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:49:34 +0000

donald judd

movie sets , godard.

By: Nick Rabinowitz

Nick Rabinowitz — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:10:11 +0000

Sorry for the late post. I don’t know if this expresses my personal palette or sense of color harmony, but it’s an image with colors I’ve always liked - I really like taking a deep, rich color like the blue in this image and setting it off against subtler, more matte colors like the taupe and very dark blue I’ve included in this palette.

By: Devin

Devin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:24:57 +0000

This is not an easy assignment for me. I do not often give much thought to color and how it plays against itself. But in the end I would say that for design my favorite would have to be minimalist high contrast, high saturation.

I see this used in vector art frequently with white or back dominating, the other providing form, and a third color providing accent. I find it simple, poignant, and vibrant. Here is a rather amusing wallpaper featuring this color mix.

By: emeliech@berkeley.edu

emeliech@berkeley.edu — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:15:59 +0000

This is a poster I found online. I chose it simply because 1) my favorite color is orange. 2) it is a successful combination of warm and cold colors. 3) the contrast between the main object and the background is incredible.

By: Chris Fullmer

Chris Fullmer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:25:40 +0000

This was much more difficult for me than I think was intended. There are many color schemes I that like at different times and for different reasons. I’ve tried to find one that I seem to gravitate towards frequently though. There is something about the bright rusted orange and the vibrant blue that go together well for me. The contrast of white and black is equally important - expecially gradients of orange and black and blue and black. To me that gives the color depth and life.

Chris

By: joyce@berkeley.edu

joyce@berkeley.edu — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:57:11 +0000

I chose this illustration done by Masha D’yans, an artist famous for her whimsical watercolor card designs. I like how the more earthy, natural tones of green, yellow, brown, very light tan depicting the forest, are contrasted by the red and pink of the girl holding the flower umbrella. Unique and beautiful.

By: srikanth@berkeley.edu

srikanth@berkeley.edu — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:44:26 +0000

Lately, I’ve following posters by an artist called James White. In most of his posters, he plays with straight lines and colors to create a breathtaking effect. Here’s a color palette for one poster I really liked. Most of the colors seem retro and light. The harmony between the colors, the contrast created, is nice.

By: JONATHANYB@GMAIL.COM

JONATHANYB@GMAIL.COM — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:03:25 +0000

I pulled together this palette for a house I designed (my mothers’) from this architectural rendering by Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen. I liked the clarity of the colors — in comparison, the yellow paper seems almost to be a neutral ground.

By: anselm

anselm — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:43:07 +0000

I’ve picked a picture of one of my favorite painters - Salvador Dali. It’s a very surrealistic painting with an, in my opinion, great combination of colors. Dali chose a palette of some muted colors and a earthy coloring. However, some elements like the red/green/yellow eyelashes provide a color accent.

By: nicolas

nicolas — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:32:19 +0000

I posted “Impression: soleil levant” (Impression: Sunrise) by Claude Monet. In my eyes the painting creates a great harmony through the softly painted combination of the complementary colors blue and orange. Monet uses a pretty dark green and blue and combines it with a pretty clear and bright yellow and orange. Although the picture shows a pretty depressing motive the color combination creates a feeling of harmony and satisfaction.