General

 

Color symbolism in art and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol in various cultures.

 

Color psychology is the study of color as a determinant of human behavior.

 

Visual perception is the ability to interpret the surrounding environment by processing information that is contained in visible light.

 

Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image, extending the meaning of literacy, which commonly signifies interpretation of a written or printed text.

 

Enlightenment is a metaphorical image of acquiring knowledge. It was a name for philosophic movement as well.

 

Visual rhetoric is a theoretical framework describing how visual images communicate, as opposed to aural, verbal, or other messages.

 

Composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art, as distinct from the subject of a work.

 

Anthropology of art is a sub-field in social anthropology dedicated to the study of art in different cultural contexts.

 

Perception

 

Perception is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment.

 

Photoreceptor cell is a specialized type of neuron found in the retina that is capable of phototransduction.

 

Adaptation is the ability of the eye to adjust to various levels of darkness and light.

 

Chromatic adaptation is one aspect of vision that may fool someone into observing a color-based optical illusion, such as the same color illusion.

 

Warm and cold colors  warm colors are made with orange, red, yellow and combinations of them. Cold colors are made with blue, green and light purple.

 

Trichromacy is the condition of possessing three independent channels for conveying color information, derived from the three different cone types.

 

Human eye is an organ that reacts to light and has several purposes.

 

Accommodation is the process by which the vertebrate eye changes optical power to maintain a clear image or focus on an object as its distance varies.

 

Purkinje effect is the tendency for the peak luminance sensitivity of the human eye to shift toward the blue end of the color spectrum at low illumination levels.

 

Afterimage is a non-specific term that refers to an image continuing to appear in one’s vision after the exposure to the original image has ceased.

 

The color opponent process is a color theory that states that the human visual system interprets information about color by processing signals from cones and rods in an antagonistic manner.

Contrast effect is the enhancement or diminishment, relative to normal, of perception, cognition or related performance as a result of successive (immediately previous) or simultaneous exposure to a stimulus of lesser or greater value in the same dimension.

 

Simultaneous contrast refers to the manner in which the colors of two different objects affect each other.

 

Successive contrast occurs when the perception of currently viewed stimuli is modulated by previously viewed stimuli.

 

Kruithof curve describes a region of illuminance levels and color temperatures that are often viewed as comfortable or pleasing to an observer.

 

Chromatic induction

 

Symbolism

 

Symbol  is an object that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea, visual image, belief, action, or material entity.

 

Semiosis  is any form of activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.

 

Sign is an object, quality, event, or entity whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else.

 

Framing comprises a set of concepts and theoretical perspectives on how individuals, groups, and societies organize, perceive, and communicate about reality.

 

Connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word’s or phrase’s explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation.

 

Black and white dualism traditionally symbolize the dichotomy ofgood and evil, metaphorically related to light and darkness and day and night.

 

Solar deity  is a sky deity who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength.

 

Color schemes

 

RYB color model is an historical set of colors used in subtractive color mixing, and is one commonly used set of primary colors. It is primarily used in art and design education, particularly painting.

 

Color scheme is the choice of colors used in design for a range of media.

 

Monochromatic color schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints.

 

Analogous colors are groups of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, with one being the dominant color, which tends to be a primary or secondary color, and one on either side of the color.

 

Triadic color scheme uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel.

 

Rectangle color scheme uses four colors arranged into two complementary pairs and offers plenty of possibilities for variation.

 

Square color scheme is similar to the rectangle, but with all four colors spaced evenly around the color circle.