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Jeremy Watssman
6,213 PointsValue in more detail?
I understand these videos are trying to cover 10 years of college in half an hour, so it's natural some things are getting glossed over.
But can anyone provide some more detail on the "Value" attribute of color?
In the video Mat says "Value refers to the lightness and darkness of a color. Value can also be measured by scale from white to black, thus, shades of grey between. The comparison of shades is the indicator of measurement and determines the value."
Can anyone put this into context with an example? When might we refer to value, and how would we refer to it?
(Or any links to appropriate further reading would be appreciated too!)
2 Answers
Sahil Ambardekar
10,306 PointsValue is the relative degree of lightness and darkness in a design element. Basically how dark or light a element is. So the left bar you see on treehouse would have a higher value then the background of this page.
Here is a great article on value: http://desktoppub.about.com/od/elements/l/aa_color1.htm
Falk Schwiefert
8,706 PointsHere is another link to read <b> a lot </b> about color. :)
http://munsell.com/about-munsell-color/how-color-notation-works/
Jeremy Watssman
6,213 PointsGreat, thank you!
Jeremy Watssman
6,213 PointsGreat, thank you!
Shiyuan Deng
2,097 PointsThanks, this is really necessary.
Jeremy Watssman
6,213 PointsJeremy Watssman
6,213 PointsWonderful, that makes sense. Thanks!