As an example I pulled an old tired faded black t-shirt that I knew cast a gold hazy highlight at the glancing angles. That seemed to work as an example where viewers could see the gold as just overexposed/blown out pic of black fabric.
that example is for value (as the orange is not on any color, but grey and white), I only shared it as reference for what I was speaking about when i said relative color, it reminded me of those exercises. There's definitely color ones online too, not just value.
Isn't this very worrisome to you as artists? This seems to be a clear example of how differently people percieve images on uncalibrated screens. The dress is blue/black but seems white/gold based on your screen. It scares the fuck out of me to think that this probably happens with textures all the time.
I too have some doubts when some people claim that they suddenly see it as a black and blue (= the actual local colors) since the photo is nowhere near suggesting that (see the eagle example above). It sounds a lot more like an odd group reaction to the product pictures being finally revealed, because I doubt that anyone…
That is sublime Makkon! I have been making relativity examples for family and friends coming to me for clarification ( I imagine many others here are being referred to for their expertise as artists by their circle of family and friends? ) Your version has provided the epiphany my pitiful rushed attempts failed to…
a lot of the confusion I'm seeing is like... what are people actually talking about? this needs to be clarified before a discussion can even take place. Are we talking about what color the DRESS is, actually? Or what colors the photo of the dress is. Because they seem like two pretty obvious differences. I mean.. just…