[Tron]

high @ all *g*,

i�ve got an interessting problem:
my question is whats the color of shadow, when the light ist red or blue or yellow?

is it the negative color? for example if the light is red, then the shadow is green?

or ist it just the color but with a cold temperature? for example when the light is orange-red then the shadow is red-blue?

or do you have any other ideas?


thanx for your replies.


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[ May 23, 2001: Message edited by: Tron ]

[waylon]

Hi. If you look at real life, the color of the shadow is whatever color the light is that's falling on it. If you have a bright yellow sun on a clear day, the shadow will be blue, because it's primarily getting light from the sky (which is blue.) This is the most important thing to think about when figuring out your shadow color - what is the color of the light that's actually reaching it?

Now, the other way to look at it, is I think what you're getting at. A shadow will APPEAR to be the complementary color of the light source - so a red light will appear to cast green shadows, a blue light will appear to cast orange, etc. The reason for this is that your eye is so used to seeing the color of the light, the shadow looks like the complimentary color by comparison.

You can use this to your advantage in your art, and make shadows seem deeper by pushing them towards the complimentary color... but keep in mind when you're doing it that the shadow, in real life, wouldn't actually BE that color, it would just SEEM to be that color.

[Sumaleth]

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