From the course: Color Correction: Color Grading for Locations and Times of Day
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How our eyes see color
From the course: Color Correction: Color Grading for Locations and Times of Day
How our eyes see color
The first thing to learn about how we perceive color, is that we can't trust our eyes. The way our eyes interpret color changes according to which colors we're looking at and which colors are placed next to each other. You can easily demonstrate this with a simple spreadsheet. I've created a spreadsheet here with two orange panels. And a blue panel in the middle. And it's a very light blue panel and the oranges are constant. They're not gradient, but the interesting thing is that they may appear to be a gradient because of the viewing angle, or that you're looking at the screen. Or your type of screen you're looking at. And all these things combine to change the color on screen. The reason that you can see the central column as blue, and the panels as orange, is because they are complimentary colors, they are colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel. And on the digital color wheel that we work with on the computer, oranges are on the opposite side of blue. And so they…
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What different colors tell the audience1m 6s
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How our eyes see color5m 12s
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Making sure color is consistent across multiple clips in a sequence4m 54s
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Understanding the correct order to apply color correction adjustments7m 43s
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Working with Premiere Pro and the Colorista II plugin7m 55s
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Working with Premiere Pro and Magic Bullet Looks7m 21s
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Making contrast, lighting, and mood changes: A general rule of thumb4m 9s
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