Chapter 4, Color in Images and Video

Multimedia Technology

Chapter 4, Color in Images and Video

Contents Of Lecture

• Color Science: Light and Spectra
•  Spectrophotometer
• Human Vision
• Color
• The Eye
• Color Blindness
• RGB - Additive Color
• HSB Model
• CMYK Model
• Printing Press Process
• Color Gamut
• CLUT OR Palette
• History Of Colour
• Properties and Attributes of Color 

  Color, Color properties, history of Color, RGB, CMYK 

RED

(High Voltage, I am Available, Only you can see, I will tease you, don’t touch me)

•       Fire

•       Blood

•       Energy

•       War

•       Danger

•       Strength

•       Power

•       Passion

•       Love

•       Desire

•       Anger

Light red represents joy, passion, sensitivity, and love. Pink signifies romance, love, and friendship. It denotes feminine qualities and passiveness.

Dark red is associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage, longing, malice, and wrath.
 

Brown suggests stability and denotes masculine qualities.
Reddish brown is associated with harvest and fall

Orange (Creativity, Attraction, success you will get,  Young)

—Joy

—Sunshine

—enthusiasm

—Fascination

—happiness

—Creativity

—determination 

•attraction

•success

•encouragement

•stimulation 

Dark orange can mean deceit and distrust.

Red-orange corresponds to desire, pleasure, domination, aggression, and thirst for action.

Gold evokes the feeling of prestige. The meaning of gold is illumination, wisdom, and wealth. Gold often symbolizes high quality.

Yellow (Sunshine, New Dawn, Intellect, Happiness)

—  warming effect

—  arouses cheerfulness

—  generates muscle energy

—  honor

—  loyalty

—  cowardice

—  Dull (dingy) yellow represents caution, decay, sickness, and jealousy.
Light yellow is associated with intellect, freshness, and joy.

Green (Nature, healing power, hope )

—  Growth

—  Harmony

—  Freshness

—  Fertility

—  Emotion Safety

—  Pure Money

—  hope

Dark green is associated with ambition, greed, and jealousy.
Yellow-green can indicate sickness, cowardice, discord, and jealousy.
Aqua is associated with emotional healing and protection.
Olive green is the traditional color of peace

Blue (Future, Dream, Depth Stability)

—  trust

—  Loyalty

—  Wisdom

—  Confidence

—  intelligence

—  faith

—  Truth

—  Heaven

—  Sea

—  Sky

—  Ocean Depth

Light blue is associated with health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness.
Dark blue represents knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness.

Purple (Power, Nobility, Luxury, can’t beat me)

—  Wealth

—  Extravagance

—  Wisdom

—  Dignity

—  Independence

—  Creativity

—  Mystery

—  Magic

—  Royalty

—  Artificial

Light purple evokes romantic and nostalgic feelings.
Dark purple evokes gloom and sad feelings. It can cause frustration.

White (God, Pure, Truth, Mother, I will be there for you)

—  Goodness

—  Innocence

—  Purity

—  color of perfection

—  Safety

—  Cleanliness

—  Spirit

—  Coolness

—  Hospitals

—  Doctors

—  Sterility

What ever it takessss , whatever heart breakssss, I will be right there waiting for you. La..la.lala……lalalala

(a song…)

Black (Death, Evil)

—  Power

—  Elegance

—  Formality

—  Death

—  Evil

—  Mystery

—  Fear

—  Black holes

—  Negative strength and  authority

—  Grief

—  Sorrow

—  Pain

I will destroy you, break you, give you pain, not leave you alone

 

Chapter 4_ Colour in Images and Video