Thursday, October 7, 2010

Simultaneous contrast and color symbolism


This is my band, Pistol Monk, performing at a house party in Ewing, NJ. I feel the contrast between the performers who are wearing all black and the colors on the wall, really brings out the intense pink and green tapestry. Green and pink can be complimetray to one another, one being a warmer color and one being a cooler color. They are placed next to eachother in order to contrast. This provides us with a simultaneous contrast.


This is the EP cover for my old band, Scythe of Azrael's 2005 release, created by our friend Mike. When one sees the colors red and black combined, it creates some sort of ominous feeling.  The color of red is symbolic of many things, but in this piece, I feel it is meant to symbolize blood or fire, though either texture is never implied.  One just makes the association based off of the color alone. That is why I feel this is a good example of color symbolism.  We don't need an explicit texture to feel what this color symbolizes.

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