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mixed color contrast samples |
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One of the 3 color concepts that was describe by the scientist, As the Director of Dyes at the Gobelin Manufacturer, he was keenly aware of how colors are relative, interrelated – how each color's appearance is dependent on its relationship to the adjacent colors. |
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Louis XIV Visiting the Gobelins Factory, produced in 1673 with a design by Charles LeBrun. Given the size of this tapestry (145.7 x 226.8 inches - @12 x 18 feet) it is anticipated that it would have taken a team of 30 weavers 2 and a half months to create it. |
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woven sample below show are weaving different colors of yarn, optically mix to create a color blend. This optical mix contrast was also called broken colors by the Impressionist painters as, for example, green is made by breaking yellow & blue or as in this case on the right, red & blue are broken creating an optical mix of violet. |
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Even before Prof. Chevreul wrote about the effects of Mixed Color Contrasts, artists were aware of this optical phenomena. You can see this concept of broken color as far back as Leonardo da Vinci (Italian Renaissance Painter), Rembrandt van Rijn van Rein (Baroque Dutch Painter) and Eugène Delacroix (French Romantic Painter). In the late 1800's, The French Impressionist and Pointillist used mixed contrast - also called broken colors - with innovative and rich results - by painting small, distinct dots of pure color that optically blend into a full spectrum of colors. These artists would have known about Chevreul's color theory as they could have readily read his book: “De la loi du contrast simultane des couleurs” |
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Claude Monet Impressionist Artist: Series of paintings of Rouen Cathedral |
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Georges Seurat, Pointillist Artist: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte |
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Above samples of student work in the style of the Impressionist artists. | ||||
This same technique (below) was also used by the contemporary artist, Chuck Close. |
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