I've recently submitted a photograph to the Color on Color challenge. I've been told many times already that I must have mistakenly submitted it to the wrong contest.
My intent was to show black on black...Black is still considered a color, right? Or are the poor scores becasue it's a bad shot?
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Poor form to link it with the challenge in progress.
Yes black is a color, but when there is a black and white contest going on at the same time as a color contest one does wonder why in the world you entered a black and white photo in the color contest... Guess people didn't get your cleverness or something.
Black is a color....actually black is all the colors mixed together. I don't know what your photo looks like, but judging by my photo, Black on Black or white on white would have failed in either category. In the color on color people are prolly looking for something other than black or white...which sucks because they are still colors...If crayola makes a crayon for it...it's prolly a color.
But in the Black and white Challenge it seems that people are looking to see both black and white in the photo...so all black or all white has gotten DNMC...at least it has for me.
Fritz: "What color car are you thinking of buying dear?"
Karen: "Not sure, I did like the black one..."
In any case where we're talking about everyday items, we use black the same way we talk about any other color. For practical purposes, yes, IMO black is definitely a color.
Black isn't a colour. Black is a lack of light. No light means no colour.
Sorry I sounded really cocky there, lol. Just typing quickly :P
I agree with kirbic, in an everyday sense, black is a colour, even though technically it's not. I won't vote down anything black or white this challenge :)
you are all right. stop it with the 'i'm an art student'
ensues the hypocrit statement: i have been a student of art for well more than 15 yrs (oh look at me!) not particularly a big hoot. color is color. (love is love, heh) - and it's obvious this is one of those interpretation things. plus, aren't all people artists in their own right? (oh gawd i hate myself! talking like this, bleh!)
we say people are colored. geeze, it could be time to stop over-analyzing and just judge for judging sake and not try to be smart about it.
it is tough since the two competitions are running so "opposite" right now. But Gixer made an artistic decision. Which may also be his/her statement for color - pretty sure s/he was aware that it was black and white... or black and black - there was definitely some play with light.
as far as physical colors, the addition of all color as a medium other than light will produce black. the addition of all colors from light will produce white. not only did Gixer use black as a tangible but, s/he used light as well. thoughtful, not what people were expecting or possibly wanting to see as the "general" first (uncomplicated) impression - maybe most people wanted the bright colors that tease the eye.
no fault in trying though. Just not received as intended ;)
you are all right. stop it with the 'i'm an art student'
ensues the hypocrit statement: i have been a student of art for well more than 15 yrs (oh look at me!) not particularly a big hoot. color is color. (love is love, heh) - and it's obvious this is one of those interpretation things. plus, aren't all people artists in their own right? (oh gawd i hate myself! talking like this, bleh!)
we say people are colored. geeze, it could be time to stop over-analyzing and just judge for judging sake and not try to be smart about it.
it is tough since the two competitions are running so "opposite" right now. But Gixer made an artistic decision. Which may also be his/her statement for color - pretty sure s/he was aware that it was black and white... or black and black - there was definitely some play with light.
as far as physical colors, the addition of all color as a medium other than light will produce black. the addition of all colors from light will produce white. not only did Gixer use black as a tangible but, s/he used light as well. thoughtful, not what people were expecting or possibly wanting to see as the "general" first (uncomplicated) impression - maybe most people wanted the bright colors that tease the eye.
no fault in trying though. Just not received as intended ;)
Thanks! We all like being admonished by someone who has been a member for all of 2 weeks.
It all depends upon if you are talking about additive or subtractive color spaces. In other words are you discussing mixing light or are you discussing pigments?
scarbrd, does having been a member for a short time make his statement any less valid?
I just wanted to see what people thought about black as a color, I was very surprised of the scores for the color on color image that uses black. Thanks for everyones input.
