Color Theory and Strategies to Stage Light 2015

Color and “Light”
Glenn Hirsch

What is the ‘real’ color of the house?

The ‘real’ color
doesn’t exist
independently of
the light

Monet painted ‘white marble’ in different times of day

“value’ = the black-and-white
of the color

Black and white is the
“value” of the color

2. “Temperature”
warm and cool varieties
of each color

Since color is
“relative,” we use
warm and cool
versions of each
color to enhance
the feeling of
“light”

• Light to dark
• Bright to dull
• Warm to cool
Chromatic scale to
enhance the
illusion of “light”

Glowing, mystical, supernatural light
the light is coming from the object

Theatrical light
Is the spotlight

Theatrical light is the spotlight

theatrical ‘back-lighting’ the light comes
from behind the object

Monochromatic color =
varieties of the same hue

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Monochromatic
Color scheme
creates a
strong
mood

Monochromatic
Color scheme
creates a
strong
mood
Gustav Klimpt
Alfons Mucha

Picasso’s monochromatic ‘Blue Period’

same subject in two color schemes (monochromatic on right)

Judith Klain, student
you can use more
than one hue, it’s
just that one hue
dominates

twilight is a natural monochromatic color scheme
Daniel Rabier, student

Francis Picabia
1913
Variety of shape can be organized in a monochromatic color
scheme so the shapes don’t appear too ‘busy’

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