| Colors change over time. This phenomenon | | | | altered through the settings of your camera. |
| proves to be true in countless things. As children | | | | You probably know more about efficiently |
| grow up, their hair appearance changes. As the | | | | capturing color than you think. Mastering the art |
| seasons change, the shades of the grass and | | | | of using color in photography is rather simple in |
| trees transform. When you bought those bananas | | | | that there are three primary colors. The three |
| the other day, you didn't expect them to stay | | | | primary colors are red, yellow and blue. If you are |
| yellow forever did you? Yes, they change to | | | | familiar with the color wheel, you know that in |
| brown if left uneaten. There are a million things | | | | between each primary color are secondary colors. |
| that change shades and there are so many | | | | Secondary colors consist of orange, green and |
| variables such as light, time of day and positioning | | | | violet. Each intermediate color is formed by mixing |
| that affect the colors that we see. | | | | equal amounts of adjacent primary colors. The |
| Perceptions can affect color as well. Red to | | | | three primary colors and three secondary colors |
| someone at one instance can look bright and | | | | set up the basis for all colors and are used to |
| cheery and to somebody else it can appear | | | | create tertiary colors. |
| aggressive or warlike. With the presence of other | | | | Find complimentary colors using the color wheel. |
| colored objects, color perception can also change. | | | | For example, red and green are on opposite sides |
| A green object can shift shades and look slightly | | | | of the color wheel. Tonal families can be found by |
| more bluish or yellow depending on what shades | | | | looking at one section or side of the color wheel. |
| are nearby or what compromises the background. | | | | An example of a tonal family would be orange, |
| Sunlight, atmospheric conditions and the season | | | | salmon and pink. Tonal families slightly contrast |
| affect the colors that you see around you. In | | | | each other; hence they look good when used |
| fact, in the spring and fall light is softer. With your | | | | together. Contrast is made by choosing |
| camera, it is also possible to change how the | | | | complimentary colors. Two colours that would |
| colors are expressed and they can be slightly | | | | complement each other are orange and blue. |