Colour Emphasis

COLOUR EMPHASIS

    Today we did an activity to understand how something can be emphasized to highlight it or to focus on it.This we accomplished with the help of playing with color techniques.Our choice of colour can assist in making something stand out visually or alternatively to play it down by merging it in subtle or sober hues.

    In the first activity ,we were asked to select an image and after making multiple copies of it  ,to re-colour one of them to visualize the impact of use of color .I chose a toy bear and in Photoshop after magnetic lassoing , moved it on to a new file to create two more.I then proceeded to use adjustments to change the colour of one of them .If I had more of the red coloured toy, the effect of the odd one would have been even more dramatic.It would have enhanced the stark contrast.In any case the lesson learnt is that impact can be easily and effectively created using  the appropriate choice of colour.  

          PAST AND PRESENT-

        We were asked to select a photo,preferably of a street, and turning it into black and white except for one of the images on it. This would create a magical effect of merging the past into the present giving it a dramatic effect.I chose a busy street picture of Mumbai city showing lot of people. I then proceeded to magnetic lasso two people in it and then selecting inverse and going to new adjustment layer, I turned the picture into black and white. Only the selected picture of the two people remained in colour and the rest showed a scene of the past. 

                 

                        

        Since I really enjoyed doing this activity, I tried once more to create this effect of the past meeting the present.This time I chose a street of Kolkatta city and magnetic lassoed the car while turning the rest of the street into a dramatic black and white. The result has been a bright yellow ambassador car in stark contrast to the sepia tainted picture of the past.The effect is instantly dramatic and capable of conveying any visual message or interpretations  that the designer wishes to portray .