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Fake Discussion : Red is the most superior color of the spectrum!
GarandMarine:
--- Quote from: Akima on 30 Dec 2013, 17:12 ---
Every girl needs a Little Red Dress.
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Yes.
Also a little black dress.
Lines:
--- Quote from: LTK on 30 Dec 2013, 18:08 ---but that does make me wonder why colour mixing works with RGB when blue isn't at the end of the spectrum. Two waves of light hitting your retina, one of 700 nm and the other of 450 nm, have the same effect as one wave of light of 400 nm. Why?
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I dunno. That's getting into Science! and not Aht! so I am clueless.
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 30 Dec 2013, 18:11 ---Honestly, when I think of "pink" I think of light purple. I know that's not technically accurate, but meh.
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So...lavender?
Loki:
--- Quote from: LTK on 30 Dec 2013, 18:08 ---True; I was mainly thinking of the definition of pink as light without green in it, which is indeed magenta. So I'm wrong about the perception of pink, but that does make me wonder why colour mixing works with RGB when blue isn't at the end of the spectrum. Two waves of light hitting your retina, one of 700 nm and the other of 450 nm, have the same effect as one wave of light of 400 nm. Why?
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Guesswork: because perception of color isn't evenly distributed, as was said upthread. (I actually knew this because I recently researched how to recognize "dark" backgrounds vs "light" backgrounds on e.g. a webpage and adjust the font color brightness accordingly for easier reading. For anyone interested in that problem, see here)
Metope:
--- Quote from: lepetitfromage on 30 Dec 2013, 08:51 ---
--- Quote from: Metope on 28 Dec 2013, 02:23 ---My tutors have told me to start painting 4x5 and 5x6 feet, which is kind of terrifying. I've never made anything that big before, but I think they're right. I should definitely do it while i have the chance.
Not sure I'll use a lot of red though, I subconsciously steer away from that colour for some reason.
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I generally do too. Pink is fair game but red is used sparingly. Like Linds, I'm partial to blue-greens. Unlike Linds, I also enjoy orange :-P
I know they tell us to avoid it like the plague in art school but I love me a thick and juicy black outline.
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My tutors never told me to avoid red, but I guess they probably didn't do it because I never used it much in the first place. I've never gotten told off for using black outlines either, but I did get told off for being lazy and using black out of the tube. They want us to mix our own blacks (using viridian green and alizarin crimson) which I can totally understand since the pre-mixed one is really dull in comparison.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Linds on 30 Dec 2013, 21:52 ---So...lavender?
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No, just really light purple.
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