[Tig] re: color names: Musical vocabulary references

[Steve Hullfish]

I think the terms that musicians and colorists use are actually very  
similar. Tone is certainly a word musicians use. Whether something  
has a dark tone or a light tone (as opposed to pitch.) Also,  
"coloring" is certainly a musical term. "I liked how you colored that  
note." Musicians certainly also use contrast to create more  
interesting compositions, though that usage of the word is quite  
different in meaning.  The use of "warm" and "cool" tones of course  
would also make perfect sense to any musician. Also, think of the  
terms "hot" and "bottom" (bass or shadows). You can also "dirty up"  
your sound, just like you can "dirty up" an image to add some texture.

As color and music are two very emotionally rooted art forms, the  
language to describe them are definitely intertwined. And the need to  
have ways to express yourself to collaborators is also important, so  
the better your "vocabulary" the easier it is to express yourself to  
your colleagues.

Steve Hullfish
Verascope Pictures

On Jan 26, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Rob Lingelbach wrote:

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> On Jan 26, 2007, at 5:34 PM, Alexis Hurkman wrote:
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>> I'm curious, has anyone on this list ever been confronted with a  
>> client requesting specific colors like "acier?" I guess I've been  
>> lucky in having clients who content themselves with "warmer" and  
>> "cooler."
>>
>
> Hi Alexis,   well, not specifically acier, but many other color  
> names that when I hear them
> from clients I do a synaptic search for the definition of whichever  
> modifier was used.
> I think "warmer" and "cooler" are to color correction what "lower"  
> and "higher" are to a
> musical instrument; the terms at times are too general, and one  
> needs a wider vocabulary to express the nuances of tone (or in the  
> case of music, timbre).
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> regards
> Rob
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