Contrast
By: Elizabeth, Jessica, Jessica, & Lane
Definition:
Contrast is a principle of art. Art experts refer to the arrangement of opposite elements in a piece to create visual interest, excitement, and drama. The colors white and black provide the greatest degree of contrast. Some different types of contrast are shape, line, size, color saturation, warm-cool color, texture, value, and simultaneous contrast. We go in to detail in a few of these contrasts.
Examples
Simultaneous Contrast
This refers to the way in which two different colors affect each other, how one color can change how we perceive the tone and hue of another when placed side by side. The colors themselves don't change, but we see them as altered.
Shape Contrast
This shows a variety of shapes in an art work.
Using organic shapes and geometric shapes together show the highest contrast
Using organic shapes and geometric shapes together show the highest contrast
Size Contrast
This shows elements in a variety of sizes in an artwork.
This difference in size adds visual interest and is used to show depth, variety and emphasis.
This difference in size adds visual interest and is used to show depth, variety and emphasis.
Contrast Theory
A contrast theory is any theory that tries to explain through principals and examples how objects simultaneously stand apart and interact with each other as opposite/complementary factors in a larger whole.
Color Saturation Contrast
This shows a stark difference between highly saturated colors (pure hue) and desaturated colors (those dulled by neutralizing with the complementary color)
This difference in saturation, or color brightness, adds visual interest and emphasis