COLOUR THEORY

Here, dull green card was used to show how different backgrounds can affect the vibrance and intensity of colours. As the backgrounds changed, so did how you perceived the colour that was in front of you. 

The backgrounds used included the table, the floor, the chair, some newsprint and white paper. Evidently (or maybe not so much as my camera was rubbish), you can see how the two different papers really affected how bright the green appeared.

Secondary research into the intensity of colour.

What is meant by the word Intensity?

Intensity is a term used to describe the brightness or dullness of a colour. Artists describe the attributes of color in a painting based on the amount of light that an object receives. Look closely at the diagram above and you will notice that the colors become dull as they move into the center of the circle. These colors have reduced intensity compared to the colours on the outer rings of the circle used in this example. Intensity is also a term used to measure and describe one of the three properties of colour.

The following colours can be added in order to control colour intensity:

Black
White
Gray
Earth Color = Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber
Complement
Neighboring color on color wheel
Background colour
Another duller or brighter color from the same colour family

(http://www.artapprenticeonline.com/artstudies/learnctr/colortheory/edlearnctrctint.html)

This is why the green changes completely depending what surface it is placed upon.

Contrast between newsprint and table and newsprint and white paper. Three green on white undoubtedly stood out the most. From the pictures above you can see just how much more it made it 'pop' with colour.

Looking at different types of card also made a difference when it came to colour intensity. Two different types of card were used - a dull matte and a bright shiny card. When laid out next to each other, the difference between each was pretty noticeable. 

What stood out more? In order, bright orange, bright green, dull orange, dull green.

However, looking at this image on screen, I would be tempted to put the bright green before the orange. 

Here we were looking into how black absorbs colour, this is similar to the idea of colour subtraction. 

By adding black to the equation, colour intensity can be controlled, and certain colours evidently come closer towards the viewers eye, whilst others retract into the distance.

How backgrounds can affect how strong and intense a letter or image can look on a page.

In order of intensity, strongest from left to right.

White

Newsprint

Green

Black

Everyone then had to put their letters together, which were to be organised in terms of intensity and vibrancy...

To see if this order was correct, they were stuck to one of the college windows and viewed from outside.

From down below, it was quite difficult to tell what was going on, however some letters you could see a lot clearer than other. Although this image is small, the white at the top is still the most noticeable.