ElementsofDesign:ValueIClaudiaJacquesdeMoraesCardoso2DDesign–Art112

Value

§  Valueistherela:vedegreeoflightanddark:

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Value

§  Lightisessen:altoourpercep:onofvalueandcolor.

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Value

•  ActualLight=thelightweseearoundusateveryturn.–  Source:sun,incandescentandfluorescentbulbs,fire,streetlamps,

television,computerscreens,etc.–  3Dmediaandarchitecture.

•  IllusionofLight=whatweseeaslightinmost2Dart.–  Source:

Representa:onalimage:sun,fire,etc.Non-representa:onalimage:outsidethepicturebutitseffectscanbeclearlyseen.

Value

§  Valuecanbeusedtomakea2Dshapeappearvolumetric.

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Value

§  Contrastisthedifferenceintheamountofvalues.§  Thenarrowertherangeofvalues,thelowerthevalue

contrast.

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Value§  Whentherangeislimitedtolightvaluesitisreferredtoas

highkey.

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Value

§  Alimitedrangeofdarkvaluesiscalledlowkey.

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Value

§  Areaswithhighvaluecontrastcomeforward.§  Areaswithlowvaluecontrastrecedeintothedistance.

Valueaddemphasisasareasofhighcontrastwillstandoutinareasoflowcontrast.

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Value§  Valuedistribu:onreferstothe

propor:onandarrangementoflightsanddarksinacomposi:on,anditsemo:onalimpact.

§  Lowvaluecontrastcreatesasubtle,restrainedeffectthatfeelscalmandquiet.

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Value§  Highvaluecontrastevokesdramaandconflict.

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Value§  Thelightvaluesofhighkey

imagesconveythesenseofhappinessandlightness,mid-rangevaluesevokesadnessanddepression,andthedarkvaluesoflowkeyimagescreatefeelingsoffearandmystery.

§  Intermsofvisualweight,darkervaluesfeelheavierthanlightervalues.

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Review

Value:§  It’sanelementofdesign.§  Therela:vedegreeofdarkandlight.§  Grada:oncreatesafullrangeofvalue.§  Value=Volume.§  Contrastisthedifferenceintheamountofvalues.§  Highkey=lightvalues§  Lowkey=darkvalues§  Propor:onandarrangementofvaluescanaddemo:onalimpact.