This document discusses color fundamentals and interactions. It covers the physical qualities of color, including that longer wavelengths like red appear closer and are more dominant, while shorter wavelengths like violet appear farther. It advises that for a background, shorter, receding colors like blues and greens should be used rather than dominant, approaching colors like reds.
2. WD131: Fundamentals of Design
Unit 4: Color
Module 3: Fundamentals of Color Interaction
2. What color would you use for a background?
1. Identify where the longer wavelengths of light are on the spectrum.
3. The longer wavelengths are at the red end of the
spectrum, and longer wave lengths appear to be
closer, so reds would be considered dominant
colors. You wouldn’t choose a dominant color for an
item meant to be in the background.
The shorter wavelengths are at the violet end of the
spectrum, and shorter wavelengths appear to be
farther away. You wouldn’t choose a receding color
for an item that is meant to be dominant or
important.
Color
WD131: Fundamentals of Design
Unit 4: Color
Module 3: Fundamentals of Color Interaction
