Monday 23 January 2012

[Week I] Hue, Second Entry - Hue Changes

iPod nano Colour Range
In everyday life we make decisions on what we want based on colour. The Apple iPod nano comes in a range of different colours, and when given the choice of which to take, not everyone would choose the same. Disregarding the black and silver variations, the rest are actually hue changes of each other.

We are not deciding between what saturation or brightness we want, but we're deciding on the Hue differences. This is because hue is really the most important property of colour when it comes to preferences. Which iPod nano is your favourite? If we say to others, that our favourite colour is blue, we'd care less whether it was light-blue or vivid-blue, they both have the same hue. Our preference is the hue.

 
Cars of a Hue Spectrum
When we have something with a singular colour, we are able to shift the Hue without worries of the object or image as a whole looking abstract or strange. We wouldn't change the hue of an entire image of a beach, if the purpose was only to change the colour of a beach ball. If we did the colours of the sand, water, and sky would be abstract. But outside of creating identical products, when do simply change hue? Or better yet, does nature ever make the switch? For what reason would nature want to do so?

Chameleon, Kenya
You may feel at awe when looking at this fantastic creature, and it's strange patterns on its body. It is in fact a chameleon, popular for being able to change their appearances for the sake of camouflage. It's a bit different from media-minded people making different hue choices available for our sake of preference, this use of hue changing isn't superficial.


Indulge yourself in the beauty of nature.

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