Research and discuss the following:
Everybody: color and light
ID1608: auditorium seating for performing arts spaces
Reading Assignments (can also be used as blog fodder) Chapters 1,2,3 and 7,8, 9
Be prepared to discuss Chapters 3 and 9 in class next week.
Any links I have put on your syllabus are always good blog sources as well.
Remember, visit the blog often and respond to each others' comments.
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For some, trying to grasp the concept of how we see color is almost as impossible as seeing the “rays” that transmit the wavelengths to our eyes…they just can’t. As confusing as it may seem, the idea is still imperative to grasp in order to understand and appreciate how we view colors on a daily basis. I need color like I need oxygen, and upon reviewing the science of color and light, I always find myself very grateful for this knowledge.
Since the discovery by Isaac Newton in 1672, it is understood that light is split into many colors by a prism and is arranged in a spectrum, commonly known as Roy G. Biv, or red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The unique signature that identifies the color’s location on the spectrum is known as a wavelength.
Once James Clark Maxwell found additional information establishing light as a form of electromagnetic radiation, it was understood that the radiation contains radio waves, visible light, and X-rays. The rays are all visible or invisible based on where they lie in the spectrum. The visible light, also the area in which sun light falls into, is said to occupy a very small, central portion of the spectrum. The colors are measured in nanometers (violet being 410nm and red being 680nm, for example) and the wavelengths get longer as the color progresses (if you begin with violet). The intensity of light is measured by the amount of photons passing through a “unit” area at a “unit” time (# of photons per cm squared per second).
Now, when it comes to an object and its “color,” we are only able to view that color through the object’s ability to absorb wavelengths of light. Since we know that white light is all of the colors in the spectrum acting in unison, we can then understand that the object (whatever stain, pigment, or natural exterior hue it has) will absorb mostly all of the colors in the spectrum except the one it is designed to represent, because it will now be reflecting the one it is representing. This is why when you turn off the lights at night all you see is darkness with very limited color.
http://acept.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/color/color.shtml
Here are some interesting representations of color I found on the internet…
http://www.thomevans.com/images/gal4/Color_of_light.jpg
http://www.peacefulmind.com/images/chakra2.jpg
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/09/kaleidolights-c.html
When I turn off the lights at night I play light games I try to see how much light my eye absorbs. Usually, it seems as if my eye tries to catch any flicker of light possible so it can still work bouncing and reflecting light when the lids are completely shut. i thought i would share...What I have learned in chap 3 is that using color (on walls)is not as necessary as the lighting which are highlighting those walls. It is amazing how daylight and the appropriate direction of lights can make a HUGE differece in interior space and can become visually interesting without drama in color.
In chapter 9 it is evident that form follows function w/ lighting. There are many factors when considering your lamp selection and one should cafefully consider architecture,activity,age (to name a few) as well as other determinates above asthetics alone.
It is amazing to me how much light and color truley do affect us. To build off of Jamie's beautifully written blog, I would like to add information about the psychology of light and color.
All creatures big and small experience seasonal mood swings due to how much sunlight they are being exposed to. In the summer they feel more productive and in the winter they will go into a sort of vegitative state to conserve energy. It also effects sexual activity, eating habits, and energy levels. These all have to do with basic survival.
Color also affects our moods, appetite, physical and mental abilities, sooth, energize, and how we view the world. Black symbolizing power; White is purity; Red is the most stimulating color and because of this it has many uses; Blue is soothing; Green symbolizes nature or fertility; Yellow is cheerful; Purple is a royal color and Brown is reliable. These are just basic examples for how colors affect us emotionally. They can also can be used to help us survive. For example, we are more attracted to colors like brown, green, or red for food, while blue and violet are usually toxic and the color alone will cause us to not feel hungry.
http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20001101-000028.html
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html
Hi Julz & Kristen,
You have both provided highly interesting information for the class. In hopes that the following statement makes sense, I especially like the way in which one of you puts emphasis on color (with light in mind) and the other on light (reducing color's effect dramatically when compared to what light can do for a human being). The two of these aspects, color and light, are so important in their own right that it is sometimes hard to decide what is more important and if we would give up one for the other (implying artificial light, not sunlight). So, I guess what I am asking, that is if anyone else decides to blog again, is would you rather give up color and have all of the natural and man-made light you want, or give up man-made light(lamps, bulbs, etc.) for color, keeping in mind that you could only see it for a limited time???
Isaac Newton discovered in 1672 that light could be split into many colors by a prism. He used this concept to experiment with light. The colors produced by light passing through a prism are arranged spectrum from red through orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and into violet. 100 years later James Clerk Maxwell showed that light was a form of electromagnetic radiation. This radiation contains radio waves, visible light and X-rays.Color is produced by the absorption of selected wavelengths of light by an object. Objects can be thought of as absorbing all colors except the colors of their appearance.
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