Monday, 3 March 2014

value

People always seem to think that the main component of art is color but really it is not. The main component of art is value, it allows you to be able to tell when you  look at a shape or object if that object is rough you smooth, shiny or clean, dull or sharp. Colour on the other hand does not allow you to see things like this. If we didn't have value everything would look plain and flat. Value is the relative degree of lightness or darkness of a particular color.
Value isn't only a component in art, it is a component in the 
real world as well if we didn't have it there would be no texture to what we look at.
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  1. Unknown24 March 2014 at 11:25

    Great McKay! Nice imagery too. I would just like you to take the word "color" out of the definition of value that you finish with. It is true that value can be about the lightness or darkness of colour, but it also can be about the lightness or darkness of an image overall, of a drawing, of a film clip, or of a sculpture. All of these things can be affected by lightness and darkness. It is very important in creating mood, as well as the illusion of texture! Keep up the good work.

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