Colour Discoveries

Colour Discovery 7

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Colour Discovery Seven - Colour for Meaning 19th Century

Theory

  • Definition of meaning in the 19th Century

  • Tropes

  • Psychology

  • Symbolism

Exploring Colour Properties

Colour and The Human Eye

  • Afterimage

  • Brightness

  • Hue

Colour and The Human Eye

  • Tonal range

Modelling with Colour

  • Scale

  • Proportion

The palettes of these paintings:

  1. John Constable - The Hay Wain (1821)

  2. Turner - Rail, Steam and Speed (1844)

  3. Wm Holman Hunt - The Awakening Conscience (1853)

  4. Edouard Manet - Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1862)

  5. Sir James Guthrie - To Pastures New (1882)

  6. Thomas Eakins - The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog (ca. 1884–89)