Josef Albers- Interaction of Color: Exercises 2, 3 and 4. Due Monday, April 10th.

Project Overview

Using the color swatches you brought from the paint store, complete the following exercises. All exercises should be mounted to mat board with a 2" border. The color swatches can be glued directly onto mat board or first onto bristol board and then mounted to the mat board.

A new X-acto blade should be used.

Evaluation

You will be evaluated on two components
50% Craft- cutting, layout, gluing, presentation, following directions.
50% Demonstration of desired effects- Study should achieve the stated effects.

Due Date

All exercises must be mounted and ready for critique at start of class, Monday, April 10th. 

Notes

There are three basic attributes of color- Hue, Value, and Chroma. Identify how each of these exercises use the relationship between the attributes of colors to create the desired effects. Once you can identify the color relationships, you will be able to choose colors of your own to replicate the effects.

Here are more notes and examples for the Josef Albers Exercises 2.

Exercises 3 & 4

Notes: the larger squares are 2" x 2" and the smaller squares are 1" x 1". So, for exercise 3 you will need to cut two squares 2" x 2" and remove a 1" corner from each of these. In the empty space, place your 1" square of the appropriate color. The goal is to make the bottom right-hand color appear to be floating above the upper-left color. If this is done correctly, you will create an illusion of transparency and 3-dimensional space/depth.

Keep in mind the rendering device of atmospheric perspective- as objects move away from the viewer they decrease in both chroma and contrast. Therefore, a prismatic color may appear "closer" to the viewer while a chromatic gray may appear "more distant".