Photos used in contrast

With the clever use of contrast can make you tense and interesting photographs. Can be in this online photo course describes what contrasts are there and how you used them.

So what contrasts are there now? The light-dark contrast is probably the contrast that comes to mind in the art at first. But there are many other contrasts. In principle, only contrasts the differences stand out very different. I distinguish between two different double start, which I discuss further below:

Color contrast

According to the theory of Itten's seven color contrasts can be distinguished:

The seven color contrasts:

    Light-dark contrast / tonal contrast
    Cold-warm contrast
    Color-in-itself contrast
    Quality contrast
    Quantity contrast
    Complementary contrast
    Simultaneous Contrast - Successive Contrast


Light-dark contrast / Tonwertkontrast
The Tonwertkontrast or light-dark contrast is a contrast which arises from the difference in brightness between two colors.

Cold-warm contrast
The cold-warm contrast is caused by the human sensation while looking at a color. Certain colors are perceived as warm, while others are perceived as cold. The extremes are blue and red while blue is perceived as a particularly cold, the color red triggers the feeling of warmth.

Color-in-itself contrast
As the name implies, this refers to contrast the differences between the colors themselves, the extreme effect achieved here the clash of primary colors in unalloyed form, ie, yellow, blue and red

Quality contrast
The quality contrast and intensity contrast is the difference between rich and vibrant colors dull dull colors. The color quality can be admixed from white (kälternen and leads to brighter colors), add from black (dark makes frabs) (generates a broken gray), are added by Gray (reduces the brightness of colors) or add the complementary color to be changed.

Quantity contrast
When he quantity contrast is shown by contrasting the different sizes of colored areas. If the color surfaces of different colors in a certain ratio to each other, the colors are visually more intense.

Complementary contrast
The complementary contrast refers to the contrast between two colors that are opposite on the color wheel itself. In contemplation of the primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and their mixed colors (orange, green, violet), one can easily determine the complementary contrast. There is always a primary color and the Mischton that is mixed from the two other primary colors. For example: color = blue>> color = orange complementary (as a mixture of red and yellow).

Simultaneous Contrast - Successive Contrast
The simultaneous contrast effect describes the change in color, which is induced by a different color. E.g. bright colors seem brighter on a dark background, as on a bright background. Another example is the color red, which acts on a blue background more orange. This contrast effect is observed in the design of images and to focus the subject when taking pictures.

Contrast content

But there are other contrasts in the arts and especially in photography. And contrast that lie in the image content itself. E.g. Contrasts such as hard-soft, large-small, rich and poor, ugly-beautiful, etc. By contrast image content, you can create certain feelings in the viewer. If the content also contrasts with the color contrasts intensified, these impressions can be even further intensified.