I thought I had an issue trying to understand color values. Now I’m reading about intensity.
Intensity is the purity of the color; how true it is to its natural hue. High-intensity is bright; low-intensity is dull.*
Someone please correct me when I state anything untrue. I am trying to get my bearings around intensity.
Adding in white, grey, or black to a high-intensity color lessens its intensity, becoming a low-intensity color. (I am coming to this conclusion from page 28, The Aspects of a Color. It does not state my so-called conclusion. I am just surmising.)
But, now I have questions. Already.
How does one know a color is high- or low-intensity right out of the tube? Why is Cobalt Blue high-intensity when Indigo is low-intensity?
Page 28, Exercise 15 also has me confused. It shows a light blue color leading down to a dark blue color, and then calling that row Pure.
… [reading] …
Ah, I see. So, when I add water to thin out a pure color, it remains pure. But if I were to add white, it becomes low-intensity.
Fact: Adding two pure colors results in a lower-intensity color.*
Red is pure and so is White (caplitalized to show purity). Mixing them creates pink, which is lower-intensity than Red or White. But a true low-intensity?
Anyone that can help, please do so. I will keep reading in the meantime.
Lisa
*Exploring Color Workshop by (c) 2016 Nita Leland, North Light Books, IBSN-13: 978-1-4403-4515-9
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