Sir Isaac Newton developed the theory that all colors are mixtures of Red, Green, and Blue light.
This resulted in the first known color circle in 1666.
Primary colors are the main colors in a given color system.
Primary colors can not be produced by mixing other colors a color system.
The primary colors for light are Red, Green, and Blue:
However, The primary colors for print are Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow:
The primary colors for paint are Red, Yellow, and Blue:
Each parameter (red, green, and blue) defines the intensity of the color as an integer between 0 and 255.
For example, rgb(0, 0, 255) is rendered as blue, because the blue parameter is set to its highest value (255) and the others are set to 0.
RGB color values are supported in all major browsers.
RGB is the foundation for many colored display output devices such as computer monitors, televisions, and displays on mobile phones.
For each pixel displayed on your computer monitor, your PC dictates the correct mix of red, green, and blue to show in that pixel. That’s why many applications allow you to select the color in terms of the RGB mix of a hue.
However, when a computer enthusiast refers to “RGB,” they’re normally referring to decorative RGB lighting. This type of colored LED light is present in an array of PC hardware and peripherals such as memory sticks, cooling fans, keyboards, and headphones. These devices usually use the RGB color model to create exciting lighting effects and enhance the aesthetics of a desk setup.
idea - Use the RGB LED gaming light link throughout my three publications :
present Minecraft as solely red, green then blue within the publications as the imagery and text. As separate colour publications
Green ( Minecraft above ground ) Blue ( Minecraft in water ) Red ( nether in Minecraft )
They each have their own abundance of emotions associated with that part experience of the game so relates to colour theory well.
Underwater is calming and relaxing, above ground is all about labour and nature, creating materials and the nether is scary, dangerous and unpredictable
Interesting ways the typography could be in the publications
Taking part in the Ian Anderson workshop has really helped with quick starting this project, as our group conducted a lot of research into the colour Green as this is the colour that was given to us by Ian for our brief. Collaboratively we had to pitch why Green would be the best colour if this was the only colour the world could use. Wether this be in a dystopian or the present world. We chose to pitch a world, which is on its way to becoming reality, where the sun due to global warming as got to close to the earths surface and the whole of earths population has had to move underground in bunkers. We found that Green was scientifically proven to have many health benefits such as inducing regular sleep cycles, which is vital for living underground so green lights would be installed on a timer to give the sense of night and day again. Reducing migraines, associations with calm, nature, health and purity. Also with the direct visual links to healthcare such as pharmacy signs, first aid kits, etc.
We decided to visualise the underground bunker through Minecraft this allows us to create interactive, user friendly architectural mockups to pitch. Also Minecraft is a recognisable, calming, friendly childhood game that the majority have had experience playing.
Below was our pitch presentation slides :
I created these ( was a gif but file to large ) on blender
- a program I could use to make some imagery - used 3D cubes
to resemble Minecraft blocks - and it builds up similar to the game play
I really enjoyed creating this pitch with the team I worked with. I loved the idea and Ian Anderson thought it was really effective in its visual message and choice of tone of voice. Therefore this could be a effective light hearted twist on the three publications.
However as I have already created visuals using Minecraft within this two day workshop I would prefer to do something different. It was a good start into the research of colour theory of a specific colour and showed me how using a single colour within visual story telling is very much possible, I think there are other routes I could take this project
Minecraft RGB photography publication collection
- concept
what the publication could look like
Minecraft RGB collection
includes photography of game play edited to white and one RGB colour. I love this concept so much and the screenshots of the game are so aesthically pleasing. I haven't decided to keep this going however as I feel I would struggle to develop this idea further. But I will definitely develop this in my own time