Module 1: Chapter 5: Playing with Colour

I chose three photos to work with, one that I took shown below, and two that I printed from the internet and now can't find again to include here.  They are shown on the design book page though!

 

 

The colours in this first photo are predominantly green, but with a strong yellow ochre as a focus colour.

 

The first strip to the right, has a red background, the complementary colour of green.  As red is a warm colour it advances diminishing the effect of the feature colours which recede.

 

The next strip uses a purple background, the complementary colour of yellow, the accent colour.  This works better.

 

The black background absorbs light so the feature colours are more prominent as they reflect light.  The black is also more appropriate for the woodland theme.

 

The photo on the right is a simpler colour scheme, green and pink, and is very effective.

 

 

 

I cut a small photo and a piece of glitter paper into strips and wove them.  I cut the glitter paper at an angle and this has produced s design with perspective.

 

 

 

The third photo is shown below.  It is this colour scheme that I used as a basis for dyeing fabrics.  I've chosen to experiment with natural dyes as I've worked with Procion dyes before.  The colours that result are very natural and reflect the colours in the photo well.  It is very difficult to get consistent results though, so can't guarantee that these colours can be reproduced!

 

  There are quite a few colours in this picture, and different effects can be achieved by using different selections of colours as shown by the three little designs on the right of the page.