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Encyclopedia > Color progression

Color progressions are ranges of color whose values transition smoothly through a hue, saturation, luminance, or any combination of the three. There may be multiple steps in the progression as well - for example, it may start by transitioning from red to yellow, from yellow to grey, and from grey to black. A familiar example of a color progression is the color range represented in a rainbow. Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... For the city in Vietnam, see Hue (city). ... In color theory, saturation refers to the intensity of a specific hue. ... The word luminance, a synonym for luminosity, means emitting or reflecting light. ... A rainbow arches over the gardens at the Canada pavilion at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States. ...


Mapping

Color progressions are often utilized in maps and other visual representations of data in order to convey additional information. GIS tools use color progressions to indicate elevation and population density, among others. SimCity, a city simulation computer game, uses a version of color progression in its geographical maps. See also Wikipedia:Maps for information on how maps are used in Wikipedia. ... A datum is a statement accepted at face value (a given). Data is the plural of datum. ... A geographic information system (GIS) is a system for managing data that has a spatial specialized form of an information system. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... SimCity is a real-time strategy/simulation computer game (or software toy). It is game developer Maxis flagship product. ...


Image editing and creation

Image editing tools such as Adobe Photoshop commonly refer to color progressions as "gradients." Adobe Photoshop is a bitmap graphics editor (with some text and vector graphics capabilities) developed and published by Adobe Systems. ...


Images of fractals are often created with a palette that utilizes smooth color progressions, which tend to emphasize the intricate detail the fractals contain. A fractal is a geometric object which can be divided into parts, each of which is similar to the original object. ...


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Jeff Davis (981 words)
A color progression is defined as a group of colors which are related to each other by their hue, value, and saturation measurements.
By not specifying a particular method to manipulate a color's defining measurements, we grant the creator of a color progression the complete freedom to generate a group of colors which are related by any number of possibilities.
With a method to generate progressions of colors and a set of terms with which to describe them, we are now able to create sets of colors which are relevant for the application at hand.
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A goal of color science is to model the transformation of radiation by the HVS into the sensation of color.
The experience of color is described with the directly observable features of the colors such as the chromatic dimensions of hue, value, chroma, and their contrasts, as well as the spatial dimensions of size and proportion.
[21] Experience of color is determined by several factors: the number of colors, the brightness, the intensity, the size and shape of colored regions, etc. Thus, when evaluating a color experience, it is not any one factor that is taken into consideration but rather the experience of the interaction between factors that is recorded.
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