Now, I think we can actually start with these colors.
It's kind of interesting, right?
And our goal basically is going to make
what is now three colors looking like two,
going in the opposite direction where we have two colors on the inside that are different from
each other and we're going to try to make them look alike.
So I'm going to keep the blend
and I'm going to copy these two colors.
I'm just going to move that down here.
And move them to the center.
So right now, as we can see,
these colors are exactly the same.
And up here they look very, very different.
So I'm going to make this color over here.
I'm going to sample that from the red side.
And this one I will sample from the green side.
So we see how these colors are so different from each other.
And the goal now is to try to make these two colors look the same by sampling from these.
So if I come up here,
if I sample this color,
come over here and I sample this color,
see how dramatically different they are.
But now let's do the opposite.
So on this side,
I'll sample this color.
On this side, I'll sample this color.
And you see there's not quite
enough contrast over here to really make that work.
I'm going to try making this background
just a little bit darker.
First I'll try sampling from the blend a little bit farther out in the center.
So the goal is to try to make these two colors look the same.
And they're pretty close right now.
Even though you see how different they are down here.
It's always still a matter of subtraction.
So if I make this color darker,
it's going to make this look a little bit lighter.
And I don't want to do that.
If I make this color look lighter,
it's going to make
that look a little bit darker.
I'm not sure I want to do that either.
But let's just give it a try.
See what happens.
Made it look lighter.
Too much.
It's better before.
It's going to make this look a little bit lighter.
Actually a little bit better.
This is a much more difficult exercise and it takes a lot longer.
But remember that these exercises that Albers gives us,
it's all about creating an awareness
of color that's greater than what you go in with.
The goal is to experiment with colors,
to try different things out,
to get used to the
idea of changing the identity of the color based on hue, value and saturation.
To try to solve a problem.
In this case, we're trying to make these two colors look very similar to each other.
We can see how different they are down here.
Right.
The smaller units here and here, the very bottom.
They look quite a bit different from each other.
Up here,
they look closer to each other.
They're about the same hue.
They look like that,
but we know they're different.
But up here, they look very similar and they're about the same value.
If I put them side by side,
you know, we can see how different they are.
Very, very different colors.
The back,
they look more similar.
And what I'm trying to do is subtract just enough of the background,
enough of the value of the background,
enough of the hue of the background to make this look like
that.
Same thing on this side.
You can play with the background colors.
You can play with the foreground colors.
You can try changing these two colors down here by sampling from different places on the blend.
All of those things are possible.
So that's simultaneous contrast.
It's a great way to expand your awareness of color principles.
The Id and Rid compositions are very,
very similar.
You're expanding your awareness of color contrast.
Here, it's one specific contrast.
Contrast of simultaneous contrast.
So if we think back to all of the contrasts we've studied so far,
contrast of hue, value,
saturation,
temperature, complementary contrast,
contrast of extension,
and then finally simultaneous contrast.
All of those different ideas help us understand the principles of color.
They help us identify colors.
They help us understand how color works and how we see,
how we as humans see color,
how we perceive color.
In this lesson, you learned how color is the most relative medium in art.
In the next lesson,
you'll learn about the illusion of transparency.
And I'll see you next time.