9 thumbnail - Facts about Yellow

The history of yellow goes into depth I will first begin with yellow sybolizing sunshine it is also a warm color that, like red. On the one hand it denotes happiness and joy but on the other hand yellow is the color of cowardice and deceit. Since yellow is very vibrant it is usaully used for hazordous signs and emergency veicles.

Yellow, most of the time works best as a compliment to other colors. You can use yellow for bright excitement and for the use of contrast. Yellow, unlike red and orange may be too strong or too dark. In astronomy the planet Saturn is yellowish, which is a class G star just like our sun. In calandars Monday is associated with yellow on the Thai solar calendar. Anyone born on a monday may adopt yellow as their color.

In cultures such as the enlish language yellow is associated with jaundice or cowardice. A coward in the American slag is reffereded as "yellowbellied". In Italy yellow represents crime stories from fictional and real stories. In 1930 the first series of crime novels was published with the book cover being yellow. Ethnicaly Asian people are sometimes known as the yellow race. Reffering to people of East Asia as the yellow race is now days offensive. In African- American slang "high yellow" is reffered to someone who is a very light-skinned African- American. This term was herd often in the 20th century but is now rarely herd these days. The color yellow has two different types of symbolisms one being of excitement and perkiness and the other of cowardness and crime.

9 Thumbnails

The 9 thumbnails assignment had the most rewarding outcome. Since we previously had two projects that dealt with color I was more confident in mixing colors and applying them to the illustration board. I enjoyed the fact that we where to choose our own composition. This allowed us to create a unique piece that had a consistent fluent outcome.

This project involved lots of preciseness which made the work very tedious. When beginning the piece I felt a bit annoyed because of the tediousness although once I gave it 10 minutes of working I got used to it and enjoyed the painting. The painting was time consuming but relaxing.

I enjoyed the colors I produced because of the various tints I applied that gave the piece a more variety of color. The colors are different in this project because I was used to mixing by now and was able to create more unique colors and involving more tints. Yellow, which is my hue color is the only common color found in every box which unites the entire piece together. If I did not have the same hue color found in every 9 boxes than my outcome would look like a bunch of random colors and the piece would not be as strong.

Scale

The scale was more sophisticated and had more specific direction. I am glad I used my primary color as yellow. The yellow gave me contrast and its outcome gradually appeared as earth tones. It was frustrating in having to complete 27 rectangles of color at the time but when finishing I observed that it is better in having more color varies, in order to show the tones and tints compared with one another.

I have learned the differences you get with the use of one color when using the Monochrome method, which is the most enjoyable so far. I like this because I have fun with trying to be as precise as possible when controlling my tints, shades, and tones.

I know after reducing the analogous column it will appear to have the most color variation considering that I am able to select four different types of colors outside the color wheel. This will help me expand color use and see it compared to the primary color I used being yellow.

Color Wheel

The color wheel allowed me to see color change as a whole. I used primary colors that radiantly changed morphing into its neighbor. I enjoy using these paints because of the richness of and vibrant of the color and its thickness allowed me to apply the paint smoothly.

Making the color wheel was relaxing rather than tedious. I only got frustrated when the paint began to dry while I was still trying to apply more color. It reminded me of painting nails, if you add to many coats when the first to coats are starting to dry than the out come starts to look rough and or bumpy.

I enjoyed this assignment because I think it is important to learn the mixing of paints because painting is a hobby of mine. Understanding the various outcomes of colors you get from three primary colors and the use of applying tint shade and tone is fascinating.