As a follow-on to last week's "Complementary Colors" assignment, this week's assignment is "Harmonious Colors." As I described last week, complementary colors are defined as a color and its opposite (opposing color) on the color wheel. For example, primary blue and yellow are considered complementary colors. If we want to make a feature stand out from its background, we can photograph it against its complementary color, for example yellow aspen leaves against a deep blue Colorado sky. On the other hand, harmonious colors are those colors that are close to each other on the color wheel. The color wheel below illustrates the color relationships.
As you can imagine, harmonious colors would tend to blend together easier and lend themselves to creating a more peaceful scene. Some examples might be sunsets, or intimate landscapes with harmonious blues and greens.
Your assignment for the week of 2 - 8 March 2009 is "Harmonious Colors." You should photograph a scene that uses harmonious colors to lend a peaceful, serene feeling to the scene. Please upload your images to the "Harmonious Colors" album in the Weekly Assignment category in the Gallery no later than midnight, Mountain Time (GMT -07:00) on Sunday, 15 March 2009.
I'll look forward to seeing your images.
Keith
