Now this is something every designer should at least implement once in their designs

[...] I found a copy of their illustration here. (It’s the one with two X’s, rather than the one with a single bar.) [...]

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no funky visual effect for me

[...] this month, I wrote an article about simultaneous contrast entitled Amazing color effect that all designers should see. This new “illusion” is based on the principle of successive contrast, whereby the [...]

I’ll eventually get the other color illusion sorted out at some point. Thanks for commenting…

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That’s quite negative. I know too well of the inner working of the eye and how we perceive color. Of coarse it’s natural, but to designers who love color theory, many would consider it quite amazing—and it’s good to discuss such things.

The milk in my coffee is natural, but the process of how cows make it still amazes me.

I totally agree. On the majority of occasions, a color can only be judged on suitability, for example, when placed side by side with either one color or range.

@Brian

Yeah, we’re not designing for dogs I find color theory a really useful and interesting area to research into. Nobody knows it all, that’s why I love to learn the areas I don’t know and pass it on anyone who’s interested.

Any designer who doesn’t have at least a basic understanding on color theory isn’t doing themselves justice in the profession at all. Like you said—they should.

Thanks for your input.

I’ve noticed that people don’t consider how they use color in a lot of design pieces lately. They should. It can have a huge impact on people.

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If you think about…you put it to use every time you design. Color theory is part of all that is creative. It’s always in the back of a designer’s mind when choosing colors…sort of subliminal if the designer really knows the theory behind color and what it can do.

Colors are not static unless used by themselves, but when they are paired it’s sort of like a chemical reaction. As Andrew illustrated above.

Pam

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@swapnet

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@Pamela

Glad you liked it. It was interesting to learn from your link, that Color-aid was discovered by Josef Albers. Thanks for commenting.

@Rob

I’ve been thinking of where I could put this to use, too. Great minds think alike

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Another one is to use colors and shapes, side by side and on top of each other to show depth perception and movement. This was one of my favorite classes.

http://www.coloraid.com/index.aspx

I enjoyed my first visit to your blog and definitely will be returning.

Pam

Amazing color effect that all designer’s should see……

Displayed in this article is an amazing color effect that all designer’s should see. If you take a look at the X’s, they both look as though they are different colors. However, they’re not. The colors are exactly the same tone……