I was at Newport Beach this week and while there I was able to capture this picture. The colors remind me of the complementary tint system. I know that there isn't any light that is being shown from two sides to create that look, but the warm and cold colors are what I am referring to. I think that the warm yellow and orange glow work well with the cold blue/gray from the sky. Maybe it is because we are used to seeing this color scheme in natural light that it looks like it is normal, but by looking at it it works well. This also reminds me of the lighting that I have been exposed to while working on scenic crew for Dance Visions. For one of the dance numbers, there are bright orange/yellow lights as well as a darker blue being shown from different sides and I think that that also complements the dancers well. It is weird what light can do to certain colors. The crew is dressed in black but with certain lighting, our pants look like a dark red, or some shade of red.
Nice attention to detail in color. Black can be made from a lot of pigment and some when lit with blue light will turn red. Good post.
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