Application and Composition

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Andy Warhol was a central figure in the movement known as Pop Art. His most well known piece Marilyn Monroe arranged the color composition successfully.

The first box in the first row, Monroe has a red face and pink hair and red background which applied the monochrome. The first box in the third row, the blue facial features with orange hair applied the complement. The third box in the last row, natural skin color and blonde hair with pink background applied analogous.

Even though Warhol didn't use monochrome, complement, and analogous in order on each row of nine thumbnail boxes, but he still presented the organized color contrast.

The same portrait of Marilyn Monroe repeat in each box, but the color tone applied the atmosphere differently. We are able to see ill, happy, depressed, energetic, charming or serious Marilyn Monroe by the different color composition.

Color Scale

Color Scale is an common presentation for statistics data. It is an useful tool in the term of color category and the visual appeal.


The nutrient chart uses monochrome color to identify the gradual change among the years by light blue to dark blue.

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The climate chart uses complement color to show the weather change.
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The color scale applies to the data successfully because we view the pleasant logical change of color. The data also can use the color to distinguish information. For example, the darker color may represent danger zone or heavier weight, and light color stand for safety zone or lighter weight.

Color Wheel

We are able to see the color wheel in our daily life.

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Left hand ferry wheel represented the gradual changing color by light. The glamorous color shined enchanting which also brightened the dull dark night. Right hand ferry used the cable car to display the color.

The wind wheel characterized its fan as the color wheel. I can imagine that it will spin the color magically into a rainbow. http://www.lawnornamentsandfountains.com/productimages/07smc/33333-b.gif

I also see other merchandise using the color wheel to illustrate their products. Society likes to use color wheel to demonstrate the object because the various color give viewer the vivid vision and impressive image. The primary color also support the product easily to categories into different parts, for example, the bigger points showed in primary color in a "gambling win a spin."

From the following examples I learned that painting medium such as acylic is not the only tool to create color wheel. In addition, while studying the color in color wheel, I alsorealized that I didn't only learn the color theory academically. The color wheel also apply in society to lighten our heart visionary.