Aspects of Color
The aspects, or qualities, of color refer to colors and color combinations that evoke certain emotional responses. Light and dark are the basic distinctions. Without sunlight or artificial light, there is no color.
The following aspects of color contain color combinations that exist in harmony with each other and are in spectral balance. Spectral balance occurs within the eye as thousands of waves of electromagnetic energy of different lengths bounce off (or are absorbed by) the chemical components of any object. Light waves reflect red, yellow, and blue, and the rods and cones in the eye’s retina simultaneously mix and sort ...
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