During the GE presentation I learned that the first florescense light bulb was made in 1938. Also that Thomas Edison set a record of 1093 patents in the U.S alone in 1911. The first working laser was built in 1960. The other thing I learned is that in 1960 the first visible LED were created. I learned a lot about light n would like to learn more. For example, I would like to learn more about LEDs and its technology.
" if you only think in darkness, your knoweldge will never come to light." - Andrea Lane
Of all the design elements, color is perhaps the most appealing. Color is both art and science. Physicists explain the abstract theories of color and its relationship to light, as well as the optical principals involved in color sensation. Chemists formulate rules for mixing and applying colors. Psychologists study emotional responses to specific colors. For some reasons, anyone intending to work in the field of design will profit by some basic knowledge of color theory.
· Plate 21 demonstrate visually the properties of color – hue, value, and chroma
· Hue is the name by which we identify a color
· Value refers to the relative lightness or darkness of a color
· Normal value is the value of the hue when it is seen at its highest intensity
· Tint is color values that are lighter than normal.
· Shades are values that are darker than normal
· Chorma is also known as intensity which indicates the brightness or dullness of a color
· Mortar is a container where chemists have traditionally mixed potions.
· 10 negitative 14 is gamma rays
· 10 negitative 12 , 10 negitvatie 10 – 8 is x-rays
· 10 negitative 8 – 6 is ultra violet rays
· 10 negitative 8 – 6 is ultra violet rays
· The visible spectrum
Violet 400 Blue Green 500 Yellow orange 600 Red 700
10 – 6-4 is infared rays
10 -2 radar
10 2 is radio waves Television Shortwave Broadcast bands
10 6 – 8 a-c circuts
Without light there can be no color. Things we identify as red, green, or orange are not those colors. Rather, we perceive them as being red, green, or orange because of the way our brains interpret the message transmitted by our eyes.
Color is actually produced by light as it is broken down into electromagnetic vibrations. What we call light is only a small portion of the electromagnetic fields.
· The longest wavelength is perceived as red, the shortest is violet.
· Isaac Newton proved that sunlight is basically light, and further that in light all colors mixed together result in white.
· Impressionists say that we actually see rather than what we think we see.
· Addictive color is a color in direct light
· Subtractive color is color in relation to pigment, or any surface that absorbs wavelength of color, in others words reflected light.
· Plate 17 demonstrates the addictive principal
· Red, blue, green are examples of primary colors.
· Plate 18 demonstrates subtractive principal whereby the process us reversed
· Primary color are from which all other colors were derived
· Secondary colors are from which they are mixed form a primary color
· Tertiary colors are mixed from a primary and a secondary color
Mt. Pelee Incinerates Saint-Pierre, Martinique
Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Jan 01, 1902
The worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century was in 1902 of Mt. Pelee. When it erupted it wiped out the whole city of Saint-Pierre. About estimated 30,100 people died and only two survived. This image depicts total destruction and chaos. I chose this picture because it showed complete and total stillness and desertion. I feel remorse for its past and future inhabitants. For the two people that survived has to deal with knowing that everyone but them are dead. For that I give them hope. Tragedies can sometimes bring peace after all. It will give them a new start and hopefully a new home.
The image leads off into the distance which shows and gives the feeling of no hope and abandonment. The tattered and destroyed bits and pieces of whatever is less on the shore are interesting because it shows past architecture. The crescent shape of the shore shows the proportion of the land, which gives off the thought of all that land destroyed. The image is in black and white that makes the picture even more interesting because it makes you try to fill in the colors and imagine what it depression in color. The picture has asymmetrical balance because it displays one small plant in the front and as you look future in the distance you could see a similar plant on a hill which shows even more depression.
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