Color

I really enjoyed the readings on color in Lutpon and Phillip's book. The most interesting feature about color to me is the science behind it. I never thought about it before reading about color, but the decision of which colors complement each other and which are analagous is completely scientific (based on placement on the color wheel). Because of this, color choice should be completely foolproof--as long as one has the knowledge and the tools.

Something else I find very interesting is the difference between RGB and CMYK. I never gave it much thought, but I did find it peculiar in the past that printer ink cartridges contained cyan, pink, and yellow as opposed to the primary colors that I had always been taught can create any color. Again, though I found this peculiar, I never put too much thought into it--I just accepted it for what it was. Now I have a better understanding of why this technology is successful.

In class, we discussed the 216 web friendly colors, and though that is a lot of colors, it really isn't that impressive. There are so many slight variations of colors that it is almost surprising that (not all) computers have the technology to display the differences. I think computers that had the ability to process and display these colors would be truly revolutionizing--but I wonder if that attention to detail on the computer screen might be harmful to our eyes.