February 5

Primary and secondary colours

In line with the guidance for this exercise I tried as hard as possible to find naturally occurring colours rather than relying on painted or dyed surfaces. This became much more challenging than I had anticipated because of the onset of winter.  Not only was the colour palette becoming more limited outside the availability of natural light for taking the photographs was also an issue.

Probably unsurprisingly it was not too difficult to find green, although there was a wide range of possible tones. It was harder but not impossible for orange.

By the time I got to blue and violet it was becoming almost impossible and I was having to really look hard to find possible examples. Although as with previous exercises I did find that once I had an idea or spotted a possible colour it then generated other possibilities.

Working through the colour wheel of primary and secondary colours did take much longer than I had anticipated and although I was really looking forward to working with colour I did find it quite frustrating to have to be so specific about what I was looking for.



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Posted February 5, 2013 by Dawn Langley in category "AoP Learning Log