Color Illusion

Color perceived by normal human eyes may not visualize correctly. It is often shows that human eyes may see illusionistic images that can create dimension. Following are some of the examples that would illustrate the illusionistic images-

• The Bezold effect is an optical illusion, named after a German professor of meteorology, Wilhelm von Bezold (1837-1907), who discovered that a color may appear different depending on its relation to adjacent colors. The eyes play a variety of tricks on the brain that are common to most human experience. Some of them are useful to the artist/ designer or problems for the artist/ designer. Designer while creating 2-D design may take advantage of the illusionistic expression.

Plate 18 A & B Color Illusion

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Illusion is an optical illusion illustrating the fact that the same target luminance can elicit different perceptions of brightness in different color combinations. Note, that although the blue and gray rectangles are all of equal luminance, the ones seen in the context with the dark stripes appear brighter than the ones seen in the context with the bright stripes. Piet Mondrian in his theory of Pure Plastic Art demonstrated the quality of such dimensions (Plate19) without using the conventional light and shade. Thus, he produced the elasticity of colors by combining them against Pure Colors (Yellow, Blue, Red and Black and White). He demonstrated that the same color may create different dimensional effect against another color.

Plate19. A & B Piet Mondrian

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