If you have ever watched the changing sky as the evening sets in you can clearly see how the light affects the colors of the landscape.
The same sky from a different vantage point an hour or so later. The colors have changed as the light dims.
“To any white body receiving the light from the sun, or the air, the shadows will be of a bluish cast.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“It seems obvious that colors vary according to lights, because when any color is placed in the shade, it appears to be different from the same color which is located in light. Shade makes color dark, whereas light makes color bright where it strikes.” Leon Battista Alberti
“Colours are the deeds of light, its deeds and sufferings.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Colours are light’s suffering and joy.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Light is therefore colour.” Joseph Mallord William Turner, English Painter 23 April 1775– 19 December 1851
“Ah, Chardin, what you grind on your palette is not this color or that… but the very substance of things. You dip your brush in air and light and spread them on your canvas.” Denis Diderot
Inspired by their love of the colors and elements found in nature, the designers of the recently released Sony Ericsson T650 have created a phone that is all about the details.
From the special illumination effects on the keypad and side of the phone that interact with the display to the color accents to the sleek [...]
A debate invovling color and light is underway in Istanbul, Turkey. The Bosporus Bridge a monument rich in symbolic meaning as it brings together two continents has been decorated with 16 million blue, red, and yellow LED bulbs at the expense of the Turkish Phillips Company.
However the bright lights have been received with [...]
I keep an eye on the science and research publications to see what may be on the horizon for color in the future.
Even if I don’t fully understand the impact of the latest reserch it still sparks my imagination and opens my mind to new possiblities for the future as well as for using the [...]
