Character Chapter -- Painting Color Matching Application Series

Author: Tong Yanru Nan Compiler
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Visual psychology tells us that human understanding of the objective world first comes through the perception of color, followed by the comprehension of form. Color is an important means of expressing our emotions and the core of visual language. The focus of color lies in grasping its basic principles, which mainly include the following points: (1) Control of hue, i.e., the overall color relationships in a composition. (2) Expression of warm and cool color relationships. (3) The ability to use color to shape forms. The first two points test the basic understanding of color, while the third assesses students' comprehensive application of both drawing and color. The concepts we often discuss, such as brightness, saturation, light source color, ambient color, and inherent color, are all aimed at deepening the rational understanding of color. They are not isolated entities but rather the stepping stones to our perception of color and the basic vocabulary of color expression. In this sense, the fundamental purpose of color is to test whether students can use these basic elements to convey the overall visual impression. This series of books on color application in painting, covering figures, landscapes, still life, and other subjects, aims to help readers quickly understand and recognize color through the analysis of color composition in painting and concise textual explanations of general color-matching principles. May this series become your trusted guide and companion in creating more beautiful and inspiring works of art.