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Aspects of Color
The aspects, or qualities of color,
refer to colors and color combinations
that evoke certain emotional responses.
We use many words to describe the prop-
erties of individual colors and to compare
and contrast them, but
light and dark is
the basic distinction. Without sunlight
or artificial light, there is no color. We
depend on light for color, which we use
in countless combinations to express our
ideas and emotions.
The following aspects of color contain
color combinations that exist in harmony
with each other, and are in spectral bal-
ance.
Spectral balance occurs within the eye
as thousands of waves of electromagnetic
energy of different lengths bounce off (or
are absorbed by) the chemical components
of any object. Light waves reflect red, yel-
low, and blue, and the rods and cones in
the eye’s retina simultaneously mix and
sort these reflected colors into thousands of
tints and shades, which work to offer end-
less possibilities for specific color use.
Color is both simple and complex. It
means different things to different people
in different cultures. No color is seen the
same way by any two people. Color is per-
sonal and universal, sending messages full
of endless variations.
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