Journal#5:color

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CHECK OUT THE ILLUSIONS BELOW!

Stare at the cross in the center and you will see a series of events :
• A circle of purple spots, one spot disappears clockwise.
• A circle of purple spots, one spot turns green clockwise.
• THE GREEN SPOT EATS THE PURPLE ONES !.
• Only the green spot remains, circling around the cross.

Look at the cute little boy (above right). He's shown in two different colors, right ? Now gaze at the left plus sign for 20 seconds, then look at the right plus sign. The image is looking normal now ! Ain't it incredible ? This phenomenon is called chromatic adaptation. Your eyes adjust themselves to the overload of colors. When you look at the right, your eyes are still filtering out the cyan and yellow. For a while.

EXTRA CREDIT JOURNAL:

Color, Perception & Illusion!

Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part always comes out of our own mind."
-- William James

We see colors every day. However, the way we see color is often influenced by the surrounding colors and shapes! Use the links at right to test your perceptual skills, and to check out some of the funny ways our eyes trick us! Many artists over the years have used these perceptual tricks to produce art works that are both fun and amazing.

Journal assignment: Create a journal page that reflects your reading and experimentation on the websites shown at right. For instance, you might use the "Colors With Borders" website as your inspiration and create a page in which all your color areas are bordered with black...or another color...to make them stand out! Or, you might try creating an optical illusion. Or, you might create a page that simply reflects your reading and understanding of color, perception and illusion. There's no wrong answer, so long as you use planning and thought to construct your page. This journal needs to be well done, and show research in order to earn enough extra credit to do your grade any good. A "C" won't help! Only an "A" or "B" will raise a grade.

Due: Wed, Oct. 26th, only.
IF you are not in school on Wednesday, and I did not receive it earlier than Wed., it will not be accepted for credit! If you need these points, use gt it here by Wednesday, or it will be tooooo late! Use a friend, pay a courier, use a carrier pigeon or whatever is necessary to get it here....because THURSDAY IS TOO LATE!

Requirements:

Your page must:

MEET OR EXCEED all the items listed below under EVALUATION STANDARDS
Show at least 1.5 hours of thought, planning, organization and execution
Be fully colored (background, too...)
Contain drawings and colorings by you! (Not just cut and paste...)
Contain layers of overlapping information (text, drawing, coloring, collage)
Have meaningful text...not just words, but thoughts, sentences, etc., that reflect your reading.
(Quotes are O.K.)
Have a border created out of collage (not more than 3/4 inch wide)
Have a clear center of attention and fill the page
NOT use colored paper for "background"...do the work!

EVALUATION STANDARDS:

Grades will be based upon items above, and:
*the time (about 1.5 hours)
*the thought and planning,
*the effort,
*the research,
*the attention to detail,
*the neatness and good craftsmanship,
*the following of directions,
*the completion of the assignment,
*the observable growth and skill building from week to week,
*the creativity shown,
*the originality,
*and, from simply having all of the required elements!

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