Colour Theory/Image Research
Historical images:
Native Indians used to paint these pictures within caves. They are often painted as battle tactics or as memories of their most recent hunts. The buffalo was a symbol of materials and food, that is the hidden meaning of this cave art. I like historical images like this, history to me is more interesting than modern art with hidden meanings. This image doesn't necessarily make me feel anything in particular. However, the fact that they were painted quite a lot, it gives me a better understanding of how the buffalo would of had a strong meaning to the people that hunted them and needed them for their ways of life.
There isn't a particular colour harmony used in this cave art. There are only two colours used, red and black. Of course the canvas depends on the colour of the stone in the cave, in this case, it is beige. These colours have no relevance to one another. The red colour of the buffalo would be described as 'warm' and 'aggressive', this is because red is located on the right side of the colour wheel. Then black is used for shading. You could say this uses a Triadic colour scheme: black, red, beige.
Image found on wiki.
Here is an image of the Americans raising their flag, claiming ownership of their new captured lands. It is a historical image, a very well known one in fact, an iconic event in WW2. It is an image of propaganda and patriotism. The hidden meaning: freedom. The image is used to show the strength of America. When I see this image, it gives me a sense of camaraderie, with my small amount of knowledge on WW2, I imagine that this image would be almost like a sigh of relief for those living during these times.
Again in this image, there is no particular colour harmony. It is black and white. If anything, I would be tempted to say is is monochromatic, but black and white aren't technically colours, they are used for shades, tints or tones.
Image found on http://www.folkarchive.de/ww2.html through google images.
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. In practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period. It stands for segregation and that is it, there is no hidden meaning for it. It was referred to as "The iron curtain" by both East and West sides of the wall, obviously it was not seen as something cheerful or anything to be happy about. It makes me feel somewhat sad when I see it, it stands to separate people, a symbol of civil unrest.
This images uses a lot of neutral colours, meaning they use equal parts of each of the three primary colours (yellow, blue, red). This could be classed as a use of the Triadic colour scheme. Colours fade into the background and there is more detail up close, giving us a sense of distance, I believe it is called 'Aerial perspective'. As the wall itself, with all it's graffiti, has a wide variety of colours. You could say that the graffiti uses complementary colours, as a lot of the colours are on opposite sides of the colour wheel, all of the colours contrast.
Image found on wiki.
This is an Egyptian hieroglyph. They were a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that combined logo graphic and alphabetic elements. Egyptians used cursive hieroglyphs for religious literature on papyrus and wood. Visually hieroglyphs are all more or less figurative: they represent real or illusional elements, sometimes stylized and simplified, but all generally perfectly recognizable in form. When created, I don't believe hieroglyphs had any hidden meaning. They're just an unfamiliar form of communication to us that requires deciphering. I find hieroglyphics interesting, the fact that an ancient civilization was so advanced that even now we don't fully understand these intricate writings. Also, how these symbols had different meanings to the Egyptians e.g. the cat being related to religious beliefs.
There wasn't a wide variety of colours used to create hieroglyphics. As we can see here, the main two colours are red and black, white is also included. I believe black was used for normal writing and red was used for chapter headings or corrections, just like how we use those colours in writing today. If we were to ignore the beige canvas that would be there for all Egyptian hieroglyphics and focus only on the writing itself, I would say this uses a Triadic colour scheme.
Image found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/ through google images.
The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings. Although traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensional structures and sculpture. The design of a window may be non-figurative or figurative. They incorporate narratives drawn from the Bible, history, or literature. Windows within a building may be thematic, for example: within a church - episodes from the life of Christ; within a parliament building - shields of the constituencies; within a college hall - figures representing the arts and sciences; or within a home - flora, fauna, or landscape. The purpose of a stained glass window is not to allow those within a building to see the world outside or even primarily to admit light but rather to control it. For this reason, stained glass windows have been described as 'illuminated wall decorations'. As a person with no beliefs, religious images don't have any significant meaning to me personally. I like how stained glass uses light to make itself illuminated.
I believe the colour scheme used for this image is analogous. This is because there are no more than 5 different colours being used, there are only different shades of each colour, which are created using tints and shades.
Image found on http://www.obsidiancustomvideo.com/videos.htm through google images.
Here is an image of a war scene, Allied forces pushing on what I believe is the Germans, during WW2. There is no hidden meaning to this image, the artist wanted to show a realistic picture of how it was, a realism painting. This painting doesn't have any effect on my emotions or make me feel a particular way, I do find it interesting though, as I enjoy learning more about the world wars.
As this is a realism painting of war and not some funky piece of art, it has the sort of colours you'd expect to see, lots of browns and greens, natural colours. It uses the aerial perspective colour scheme, as it creates a sense of depth. This is achieved by have more detail in the foreground and using cooler variants of colour in the background. As you can see, the trees towards the back are faded. This painting uses lots of neutral colours: black, grey, white and brown.
This image was found on http://www.ozarkairfieldartworks.com/markchurmsbio.html through google images.
Painted by Mark Churm.
Urban images:
Here is a stop sign, I'm sure you know that already. The hidden meaning: warning. The stop sign is used in most modern societies, in fact they're used everywhere. Where ever there are roads, there will be stop signs.
This urban sign, like many, uses the colour red. This is a warm colour, it is aggressive because it stands out, because of this, red is used on signs to alert us. This image isn't all about the stop sign though, it also has the sky in the background, the sky is blue. Blue is a cool colour, it retreats and is often used for the background in pictures. The colour scheme in this picture would be complementary as the blue and the red contrast, this is because they're not part of the same side on the colour wheel as they are both primary colours. The sky has different tints of blue by using white to lighten it. White is also used for the writing on stop sign to stand out on the red background.
Image found on http://www.ecovelo.info/2008/08/28/why-bicyclists-hate-stop-signs/ through google images.
Here is some graffiti. Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. Stickers and other adhesives are not considered graffiti. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times. Graffiti often always has a hidden meaning, although I don't know any myself, nor do I understand the meaning of this image, I know Banksy is well known for his street art and the hidden meanings that they stand for. I like some graffiti, there are lots of great pieces of art on the streets. Personally, I think it's unacceptable to make graffiti in places without permission to do so, especially ones which are just writing (gang tags, etc). Graffiti is made all around the world, by many different people.
I'm not sure which colour scheme this piece of art used. I believe it could be Triadic because it only uses three colours: orange, blue/purple and grey. Orange and blue are on opposite sides of the colour wheel, but because grey is a neutral colour and isn't on the colour wheel so I'm not too sure.
Image found on http://graffiti18.wordpress.com/graffiti-gallery/graffiti1/ through google images.
This piece of street art has been created to look as if it is real, it's an illusion. Painted in a busy public place, we can see the scale of it with all the people in the background. I really like this image, I think it is supposed to be the locust from the game Gears of War, which I like so it peaks my interest. If not, I believe it was definitely inspired from the game. It's a very 'cool' piece of art, if I was there I would probably feel odd, sort of pretending to look down at that drop. It's an illusion because it messes with your mind. This particular one, makes us believe there is a massive hole in the ground with a long drop down.
This street art uses an aerial perspective colour scheme. It has been painted in a way to give a sense of depth, lots of detail close up and more faded use of colour for the distance.
This image was found on http://www.bitrebels.com/design/76-unbelievable-street-and-wall-art-illusions/ through google images.
This is an urban landscape piece of art. As you can see we have buildings to the left side of the image and a pretty pattern on the right. The urban side seems to have some sort of 'rusty' looking effect on it, in the background and partially on the buildings. The pattern side to me looks like some of it is plant life. I believe there is a hidden meaning of there either being a conflict between urban and nature, or that they can coincide in harmony. I like this image but I think it would have been better with some colour, without colour it seems something is missing.
The colour scheme used in this picture is monochromatic because it only consists of different shades/tints/tones.
This image was found on http://renewaldynamics.com/tag/urban-ministry/ through google images.
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This urban art piece appears to look as if it were a wretched hive of scum and villainy. It is in an alley, showing us lots of 'run-down' buildings, the streets are littered and it all looks very unpleasant. The buildings in the background look like they're in better shape, but that may just be because we cannot see the details so clearly on them as we can on the closer buildings. I think this image may be trying to raise awareness of these types of areas, while the background buildings look alright, there are still areas that need to be improved. That's just a wild guess.
This image also uses aerial perspective to achieve that sense of depth. We have warmer, aggressive colours towards the front, as you can see with the red brick buildings. There are cooler colours in the background as they do not appear to "jump out at you".
This image was found on http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/urbanenv/index.html through google images. Created by Stefan Morrell.
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Flowers in an urban scene. Like the previous image, I think the scene is supposed to not look too pleasant, however there is a wicked twist, there are some bright yellow flowers. I think the artist wanted to put across a message and I believe it may be something along the lines of this: There is a bit of goodness everywhere/there is always a positive within the negative. Always look on the bright side of life sort of thing. The camera is focused on the flowers, resulting in the background to be out of focus. Obviously these flowers are of significant importance to the picture. When I see this picture I instantly think "hopeful", things may seem crap but in actual fact aren't too bad.
The graffiti on the wall to the back uses complementary colours. It has red, yellow and blue (primary colours), they all contrast as they're on opposite sides of the colour wheel. The bright yellow flowers contrast with the black and blue on the wall, the blue paint on the wall contrasts with the red bricks. Even if the camera wasn't focused on the flowers, I still think it would have been easy enough to see that they flowers are quite close up. Of course they'd be pretty big flowers on scale with the wall, but because the flowers are yellow (warm colour located on the left side of the colour wheel) and the painting on the wall directly behind is blue (cool colour located on the right side of the colour wheel), we get a sense of depth, just like aerial perspective.
Image found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/habitats/Urban_ecosystem through google images.
Art works:
The Bathers (French: Les Grandes Baigneuses) is an oil painting by French artist Paul Cézanne first exhibited in 1906. The painting is the largest of a series of "Bather" paintings by Cézanne. Occasionally referred to as the Big Bathers or Large Bathers to distinguish it from the smaller works, the painting is considered one of the masterpieces of modern art, and is often considered Cézanne's finest work. Cézanne worked on the painting for seven years, and it remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1906. The abstract nude females present in Large Bathers give the painting tension and density. It is exceptional among his work in symmetrical dimensions, with the adaption of the nude forms to the triangular pattern of the trees and river.
I'm not sure what colour scheme this painting consists of. I have reason to believe it may use many. I would say it uses aerial perspective by using warm colours in the foreground and cool colours in the background, also by having more detail up front and more faded towards the back, it gives us a sense of depth. There is an essence of Triadic colour scheme as we have red for the ground, blue for the background and water, and a very pale yellow for some of the people (Triadic because yellow, blue and red are on opposing sides of the colour wheel). Or it may possibly be using Complementary colours as we have red and blue which contrast one another and also contrasts with the pale colours of the people. The sky and ground are also monochromatic as they both just use different variants of red/blue.
Image found on wiki.
Nighthawks is a 1942 painting by American realist painter Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is Hopper's most famous work and is one of the most recognizable paintings in American art. The themes that may or may not be embedded in Nighthawks are ambiguous, but viewers can also appreciate the painting from a purely technical point of view. A careful viewer will notice the unusual use of perspective, color, and light in the painting. I like this painting because it reminds me of old gangster films set in the 1920s and early 30s. I believe this painting was probably inspired by such films or possibly vise versa.
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I think the colour scheme used for this logo may be the use of complementary colours for the following reasons, from left to right: "g" contrasts with "o", "o" contrasts with "g", and "l" contrasts with "e". Each letter's colour is on the opposite side of the colour wheel to the letter to the right of said letter. Make sense? Either that or it's just analogous because it only uses four different colours.
Image found on google images... which then linked me to this site: http://www.scienceweek.ie/features/2012-featured-articles/google-experiments.html
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Melting ipods! Here we have a very well known product indeed, the ipod. This image consists of rectangles, circles, and a dripping effect (what shape is that?). The ipods themselves aren't exactly an exciting shape, they're just rectangles. But for what they are, it does a good job as nobody wants some obscure unusual shaped ipod which would not be so easy to carry about in your pocket. It's nice to have the buttons as that surrounding ring with the one button in the middle. Gets rid of all those boring squares. Squares are boring because if you're not there you're... exactly. That drip effect is a nice asset to the image, makes the ipods look a bit more fun and colourful.
I was going to say this image uses the analogous colour scheme but as it uses over five different colours I guess it would be using complementary colours.
Image found on http://thewednesdayclub.org/2011/11/06/on-losing-an-ipod/ through google images.
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Get a load of this handsome shoe. It's just like any other shoe in terms of shape, roughly. These 'smart' shoes, as I call them, are longer than you're average shoe. They often have a reasonably high heel. They also always have just one colour for the outside (the main material of the shoe, in this case leather/fake leather), whereas trainers are very colourful and I believe always consist of more than one colour. I see these kinds of shoes and I think "business man". I almost forgot to mention the lovely stitching pattern around the outside. The image is on a plain white background so it doesn't take our attention away from the shoe, the shoe is our main focus, all praise the shoe.
This shoe uses a Triadic colour scheme, as it only has three colours: red, brown and black.
Image found on http://www.tkmaxx.com/formal-shoes/brown-smart-shoes/invt/25055220 through google images.
A Jedi robe. Traditionally, Jedi wore clothes that befitted their monastic lifestyle. As these garments were not usually elaborate, the outfit mirrored their attachment-free philosophy, as well as showing their requirement to live almost devoid of luxury and also their devotion to service (hidden meaning?). Now, you may be thinking "how is this a graphic design?" it is in fact a product, check out the link below. This image makes me feel the force. Cultural context: star wars nerds and genuine Jedi wannabees.
The colour scheme used for this product is monochromatic, this is because it only uses one colour, in this case, brown. It looks like there is a different shade of brown on the inside, I'm not entirely sure if that's just because it's in shadow. Either way, it's still monochromatic.
Image found on http://www.buystarwarscostumes.com/collectors-jedi-robe.html through google images.
Here is the Lego logo (American pronunciation "Laygoes"). The hidden meaning: fun. When I see the Lego logo I'm pleasantly reminded of my childhood playing with Lego, creating wonderful things. I'm a big fan of star wars Lego, and it's improved so much over the years. Too bad I'm too old for it now.. can't afford it anyway.
This logo uses warm colours and neutral colours. The red is aggressive, it stands out, etc. Another warm colour, yellow. Yellow is a primary colour, as is red, they contrast. The yellow here is nice and bright, enforcing the black outline around the word "Lego", making it really stand out. Black and White are both neutral colours, white writing with a black outline makes it big and bold. This technique makes it plain and easy to read. This logo uses a complementary colour scheme.
Image found on http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/The_LEGO_logo through google images.
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Here is a graphic design of graphic design. It literally is a graphic design. Hidden meaning: graphic design. It makes me feel graphic design. Scientific explanation? graphic design. The historical/cultural context is graphic design. This image is on a nice blue background, the writing itself looks like it could be in a pop art style, some racing stripes down the sides and a nice pattern on top.
The background is blue, always a good choice for the colour of a background as it's a cool colour, everything else appears to be placed in front of it. I'm not sure what colour scheme this graphic design uses. I think it may be analogous, this is because I believe there are only five different colours. However, there are many different shades, tins and tones of those colours. If there are more than five different colours I would have to say this image uses a complementary colour scheme.
Image found on http://latoyadarlin1.babybloggo.de/1663679/How-Web-Graphic-Design-Can-Help-Your-Business-Growth/ through google images.
Media:
Here is some top-notch advertising. The advertising in this game is not genuine, in the sense that it's not meant to be there, someone has just hacked the game and put them in. I'm not entirely sure why the person had done this. But, to me, it looks like this person has done it as a joke. Making a mockery of the advertising you get in games by spamming it all over the place, regardless of it standing out and not fitting in with the scene. When I saw this image, it brought a smile to my face, it even made me chuckle a little bit. Even if it's not supposed to be taking the piss, that's the impression I got, and I like this image because of that. Cultural context: Any developed country/any individuals that are familiar with video games and big-brand advertising.
If we were to ignore the falsely added in advertising for just a minute, you can see the image pretty much only consists of neutral colours. From a quick glance (if it didn't have the advertising) I'd probably say it used a monochromatic colour scheme. Although, from closer inspection, there are some greens and the odd yellow and red in there, also. Anyway, the advertising is there and that is how I should be analyzing this image. I would say this image uses a complementary colour scheme. First off, all the advertising contrasts with the actual game content, because the game more or less just uses neutral colours, all these bright colours really stand out against it. Also, all the actual advertisements have contrasting colours, too: yellow+red, red+white+blue, black+white, red+white, green+orange+white, yellow+red+white. Notice how the McDonald's sign stands out most, although it is the largest sign there, it's all about those warm colours.
Image found on http://blog.betable.com/hacking-in-game-advertising-with-zack-hiwille/ through google images.
More advertising, and lots of it. I believe this may be located in Tokyo, I say this because it's obviously somewhere in Asia and Tokyo is well known for it's huge amount of adverts left, right and center! I find this image to be a little ironic, really. Adverts are bright and flashy with contrasting colours so they stand out and catch your eye. But because there is so much of it here it's just turned into a massive digital coloured landscape. Hidden meaning: Too much advertisement? I see pictures of places like this and it seems like they're living in the space age when I compare it with the crumby village that I live in.
From the shear amount of colour in here, I'd have to say this image uses the complementary colour scheme. Although, thinking about it, I think it may actually be an aerial perspective colour scheme instead. This is because all the detail fades towards the background and also the good use of the pale blue sky (cool colour) setting the background and sticking everything else in front of it. Also, where the advertisement fades mostly towards the back, the sky becomes even paler blue, resulting in white.
Image found on http://careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-blog/next-move-in-advertising through google images.
Here is some Star Wars propaganda. Each poster has the Rebel Alliance symbol on it, so each one is of their opinion/perspective e.g. "Freedom" and "Remember Alderaan". I don't think there is any hidden meaning, it's just posters supporting a cause. I like this picture very much, it made me laugh when I saw it. As you may not have noticed, I am a Star wars fan. The paper (the beige/white colour) looks like some very 'grainy' paper, it's not like the sleek bright white paper we use to print things on to. This gives it a some what 'rough' look to it, the Rebel Alliance isn't in power and they're making do with what they can get, not top-of-the-line paper sort of paper you'd expect in the Empire. Scientific explanation: The stars are at war. It makes me want to get off Tatooine and join the Rebellion.
The colour scheme for this image is quite obvious, thankfully. It's Triadic, the colour of the paper, black and orange on top of it. All of these colours contrast.
Image found on a great site: http://www.4muladesign.com/creative-blog/star-wars-an-endless-source-of-creative-inspiration/
What's that? You want more Star wars? Okay. Here are some Star wars holiday advertising posters. Reading all the captions on the posters made my day (what a life I live), I found it very funny. I like the art style used as well, it looks like the same style used for propaganda during the WW2.
Each individual poster either uses an analogous colour scheme or complementary colours. Just because of the number of colours used. The only real thing I did notice, was that the titles/writing for each poster contrasts with the background they're on. From top left to bottom right: Orange on purple/grey, red on white, orange on dark blue and brown, black on orange, white on dark blue and purple, black on white.
Image found on http://www.4muladesign.com/creative-blog/star-wars-an-endless-source-of-creative-inspiration/
Here is probably the most well known propaganda poster. It came about during WW2 to recruit new soldiers to fight. Propaganda posters in WW2 were used by every nations to recruit soldiers and influence public opinion. The character in the poster is Uncle Sam. I'm not sure how he got that name or what the back story of this character is, I think he was made up there and then during WW2. Notice how he's wearing red, white and blue clothing (he even has white hair). This is because they're the colours in the American flag, the stars around the hat are a bit of a give away but he is like a fictional representation of America. He points out to us, to make it seem like he's addressing each individual.
The colour scheme used for this poster is analogous because there are only five different colours. The word "you" is larger than the rest to make it stand out, again going for that personal touch of addressing the individual. It is also red with a black outline where as the rest of the writing has it the other way around. It is red because it is a warm colour that stands out, the bold black outline helps enforce it.
Image found on http://www.world-war-2-planes.com/propaganda-posters-in-ww2.html through google images.
Here is a nice little ad on a beer mat. It's a sexual awareness advert on a beer mat. Quite a suitable advert to have on a beer mat seeing as people often do stupid things when intoxicated (those darn kids). How's it make me feel? "yuck" and "cooties" although, thanks for the warning. So, image itself, we have a girl taking off her pants, about to get into bed. The NHS logo to the top right and the message in the center and bottom.
This image uses complementary colours. The blue on the logo contrasts with the white. The white writing contrasts with the red bed. The writing at the bottom is mostly yellow, contrasting with the brownish red floor. But the words "chlamydia" and "yours" are in white, this is to make them stand out from the other words.
Image found on google images, when searching for "advertising".
Scientific Images:
This is an optical illusion. An optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a perception that does not add up with the actual physical measurement. I find optical illusions to be quite interesting. This one, although it is just a still image, appears to be pulsating when you look around it. Stare at the center of it and it looks like a long tunnel, the sides begin to blur. There are three main types: literal optical illusions - create images that are different from the objects that make them, physiological - the effects on the eyes and brain of excessive stimulation of a specific type (brightness, colour, size, position, tilt, movement), and cognitive illusions - the result of unconscious inferences. This image shows numerous colours blurred into a sort of 'rainbow' effect.
I'm not too sure which colour theory this would fall into. I think it may be analogous because I can only count there being 4-5 different colours. I would be tempted to say it uses complementary colours but then I'm not too sure because not all the colours necessarily contrast with one another.
Image found on http://web420.com/blogs/2009/04/psychedelic-optical-illusion/ through google images.
Here we have many hands, but wait, it's a face! It's an optical illusion because you think you see a face but actually you're just seeing a lot of hands positioned to look like a face. Hidden meaning: handface. This image doesn't make me feel any particular way, it's just a bit unusual looking. As well as handface man, we have a nice blue sky background with white fluffy clouds.
If it were just for handface, this image would be using a monochromatic colour scheme. With the background though I'd say it's a triadic colour scheme, but then I'm not entirely sure because white isn't really on the colour wheel so it can't be on opposite sides with the skin tone colour of the blue of the sky. Therefore can white contrast with the other two colours?
Image found on http://www.saddingtonbaynes.com/2011/05/sb-create-cg-illusion-for-creative-review-feature/face_or_hands_optical_illusions/ through google images.
Old couple or two chaps having a nice little sing-a-long in a Mexican scene? Here we have an old couple going in for a smooch, or do we? There are Mexicans on their faces! Initially you think it's the old couple, but when you look at it more directly you can see their faces are made up of a person. Hidden meaning: There's a little bit of Mexican in all of us. Scientific explanation: Somewhere in the family tree, there's a bit of Mexican. I like this image because the Mexicans are quite subtle. The image above I instantly thought "handface", but this image took me a second glance to realise it's not all that it seems.
I have no idea what colour scheme this image uses. If anything, I'd have to guess complementary colours.
Image found on http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/20-optical-illusions-that-will-have-you-stumped through google images.
Here's an interesting one for ya'll. It's a picture of an elephant, made up of black dots. How many legs does the elephant have? I've given it a go and you can see that the foot at the bottom of the trunk isn't attached to a leg. The leg at the very back appears to be missing a foot. But even still I can't quite seem to count them all. I want to say four because there are four feet, and most elephants I know have four legs. But even still it looks like there are more than four legs. Because of this, it is an optical illusion.
Colour scheme used for this image is monochromatic .
Image found on http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/20-optical-illusions-that-will-have-you-stumped
Here we have the name of many colours, but they're not actually the colour that the word says it is. This one is a nice challenge, you have to read out each word. I find this interesting because it makes your brain have a little conflict with itself. It's like two different parts of your brain are at work but they contradict one another by trying to read the word you sometimes involuntarily read the colour it is instead. Hidden meaning: Don't judge something by it's colour.
The colour scheme used in this image would have to be analogous because there are only five different colours. I was going to say complementary at first but not all of them contrast e.g. blue and green.
Image found on http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/20-optical-illusions-that-will-have-you-stumped
Time to finish off scientific images with probably the most recognised optical illusion. Do you see two faces or a lovely vase? On first glance, I see two faces, it's only when I look at the middle of the image do I see the vase instead. This is because the bounding contour will be seen as belonging to the figure shape, which appears against a formless background. If the other part is interpreted instead as the figure, then the same bounding contour will be seen as belonging to it.
The colour scheme for this image is monochromatic. You may say that black and white are different colours or not really 'colours' at all. But if anything, I'd have to go with monochromatic.
Image found on http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/20-optical-illusions-that-will-have-you-stumped
Interactive Media:
Interactive media is products and services on digital computer-based systems which respond to the user’s actions by presenting content such as text, graphics, animation, video, audio, etc. A good example of interactive media is video games, so here we have the game Far Cry 3. You can see here in the image, a screenshot of an animation (media). There is also a pair of arms holding on to a flamethrower, that is the character you play as (the interactive part). Resulting in interactive media. So, the image itself, it's in a jungle scene as you can tell by the lush flora. You can see the HUD with a map to the bottom left and ammunition on the bottom right. Finally, the part that really stands out, the man on fire in the center of this picture. When I see the image I think "that looks fun", because I love video games. Hidden meaning: Don't mess with a guy holding a flamethrower. Scientific explanation: Fire = hot.
This image uses complementary colours.. and warm colours. The main colour in this picture is green, it contrasts highly with the warm colour, orange. The writing and other key bits of information are white because they're bright and can be seen easily with whatever background is put behind it. As it's a natural environment, there are neutral colours, too: browns and greys. There are a few other bits of information on the HUD which are blue and orange/yellow. This is so they stand out and contrast with the environment, in the same way that the white writing does.
Image found on http://elder-geek.com/2012/12/far-cry-3-video-review/
An interactive interface! This is the main menu on Halo 4 (a video game). There's not really much to say, as I explained video games being interactive media on the previous image. Anyway, as you can see we have the title of the game with a list of options below it. To the bottom right there is a small bit of info, which can be accessed in greater detail by the press of a single button. As you select each item in the menu, some text appears at the bottom of the list, giving a brief description of whatever you have highlighted, interactive as flip. The background is a picture of space, as you can tell by the planet there. There is also some flying debris from space ships!
I want to say the colour scheme is monochromatic, but I'm not too sure because there is white in this image (not sure if there is black also or if it's just very dark blue). Otherwise, it is all different variants of blue. The white writing stands out because it contrasts with the dark background it's on, got to have an easy to read menu for your interface.
Image found on google images.
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I'm sure you're very familiar with this interface. It's Bookface. Land of the slutty girls and poser guys. As you can see, there is writing everywhere. To the left, menus, at the top, menus, the right adverts and the middle is posts and comments. I'll give an example of what you can expect to see: "omg im so depressed mom wont let me go out". I understand its usefulness, but it's just not for me. I forgot to mention, all the writing to the left and top are interactive, as they're links to different pages. There is also a search bar to the top right which of course you can type into and then search for whatever it is you typed, sending you to another part of the website.
Facebook uses two colours: white and blue. I don't think there is a colour scheme, if anything it'll be a cool colour scheme. It looks "cold" to me as it's all blues and white, blue is a 'cool' colour after all. The writing is black though, this is so it stands out. Writing is pretty much always white or black because it contrasts with the backgrounds they're on (most of the time).
Image found on http://www.keepthewebweird.com/the-new-facebook-interface/ through google images.
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Here is another website, Ebay. I really don't know what to say about this, it's another interactive interface with menus and links, etc, etc. It differs from Facebook because this is a shopping website, so it doesn't have people seeking attention, it just has pictures of goods to sell. My thoughts on Ebay "useful".
I don't think this image has a colour scheme. There are lots of different colours but none of them really have any relevance to one another.
Image found on https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ebay-extension-for-google/khhckppjhonfmcpegdjdibmngahahhck
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All mobile phones are examples of interactive media. They all have a digital display that you interact with by pushing buttons, using a touch screen, or even using motion. This is an iPhone, one of the most common and well known mobiles going at the moment. You interactive with this handset mainly through a touch screen, as you can see there are many icons there which can be accessed by a tap of the screen. You can also sweep your finger left or right to shift onto another page of icons and much, much more!
The physical phone itself is black and chrome. The screen of course will always have different colours depending on what you're doing on it. There isn't a colour scheme to the handset, it looks smart and sleek by being black and chrome. With this particular image, I'd say the colour scheme would be complementary colours as there are lots of different colours and they all contrast with their black background.
Image found on http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/9352145/-/Product.html through google images.
Here is a girl playing on the Xbox 360 Kinect. It is a wireless game interface system produced by Microsoft to create an entirely new dimension of gaming experience. This is achieved by how you interact with it. The device functions based on voice recognition and body gestures or movement patterns and displays animation/text/images accordingly. It looks pretty fun to me, maybe I'll get to try one out some day. I don't think there is a hidden meaning, but I know game companies would like to get people to be able to enjoy their games but to do it physically, so they're being a bit more active.
The colour scheme is complementary as there are lots of colours some of which contrast with others.
Image found on http://chace101.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/xbox-360-kinect/ through google images.
Again in this image, there is no particular colour harmony. It is black and white. If anything, I would be tempted to say is is monochromatic, but black and white aren't technically colours, they are used for shades, tints or tones.
Image found on http://www.folkarchive.de/ww2.html through google images.
This images uses a lot of neutral colours, meaning they use equal parts of each of the three primary colours (yellow, blue, red). This could be classed as a use of the Triadic colour scheme. Colours fade into the background and there is more detail up close, giving us a sense of distance, I believe it is called 'Aerial perspective'. As the wall itself, with all it's graffiti, has a wide variety of colours. You could say that the graffiti uses complementary colours, as a lot of the colours are on opposite sides of the colour wheel, all of the colours contrast.
Image found on wiki.
There wasn't a wide variety of colours used to create hieroglyphics. As we can see here, the main two colours are red and black, white is also included. I believe black was used for normal writing and red was used for chapter headings or corrections, just like how we use those colours in writing today. If we were to ignore the beige canvas that would be there for all Egyptian hieroglyphics and focus only on the writing itself, I would say this uses a Triadic colour scheme.
Image found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/ through google images.
I believe the colour scheme used for this image is analogous. This is because there are no more than 5 different colours being used, there are only different shades of each colour, which are created using tints and shades.
Image found on http://www.obsidiancustomvideo.com/videos.htm through google images.
As this is a realism painting of war and not some funky piece of art, it has the sort of colours you'd expect to see, lots of browns and greens, natural colours. It uses the aerial perspective colour scheme, as it creates a sense of depth. This is achieved by have more detail in the foreground and using cooler variants of colour in the background. As you can see, the trees towards the back are faded. This painting uses lots of neutral colours: black, grey, white and brown.
This image was found on http://www.ozarkairfieldartworks.com/markchurmsbio.html through google images.
Painted by Mark Churm.
Urban images:
This urban sign, like many, uses the colour red. This is a warm colour, it is aggressive because it stands out, because of this, red is used on signs to alert us. This image isn't all about the stop sign though, it also has the sky in the background, the sky is blue. Blue is a cool colour, it retreats and is often used for the background in pictures. The colour scheme in this picture would be complementary as the blue and the red contrast, this is because they're not part of the same side on the colour wheel as they are both primary colours. The sky has different tints of blue by using white to lighten it. White is also used for the writing on stop sign to stand out on the red background.
Image found on http://www.ecovelo.info/2008/08/28/why-bicyclists-hate-stop-signs/ through google images.
I'm not sure which colour scheme this piece of art used. I believe it could be Triadic because it only uses three colours: orange, blue/purple and grey. Orange and blue are on opposite sides of the colour wheel, but because grey is a neutral colour and isn't on the colour wheel so I'm not too sure.
Image found on http://graffiti18.wordpress.com/graffiti-gallery/graffiti1/ through google images.
This street art uses an aerial perspective colour scheme. It has been painted in a way to give a sense of depth, lots of detail close up and more faded use of colour for the distance.
This image was found on http://www.bitrebels.com/design/76-unbelievable-street-and-wall-art-illusions/ through google images.
The colour scheme used in this picture is monochromatic because it only consists of different shades/tints/tones.
This image was found on http://renewaldynamics.com/tag/urban-ministry/ through google images.
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This image also uses aerial perspective to achieve that sense of depth. We have warmer, aggressive colours towards the front, as you can see with the red brick buildings. There are cooler colours in the background as they do not appear to "jump out at you".
This image was found on http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/urbanenv/index.html through google images. Created by Stefan Morrell.
The graffiti on the wall to the back uses complementary colours. It has red, yellow and blue (primary colours), they all contrast as they're on opposite sides of the colour wheel. The bright yellow flowers contrast with the black and blue on the wall, the blue paint on the wall contrasts with the red bricks. Even if the camera wasn't focused on the flowers, I still think it would have been easy enough to see that they flowers are quite close up. Of course they'd be pretty big flowers on scale with the wall, but because the flowers are yellow (warm colour located on the left side of the colour wheel) and the painting on the wall directly behind is blue (cool colour located on the right side of the colour wheel), we get a sense of depth, just like aerial perspective.
Image found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/habitats/Urban_ecosystem through google images.
Art works:
I'm not sure what colour scheme this painting consists of. I have reason to believe it may use many. I would say it uses aerial perspective by using warm colours in the foreground and cool colours in the background, also by having more detail up front and more faded towards the back, it gives us a sense of depth. There is an essence of Triadic colour scheme as we have red for the ground, blue for the background and water, and a very pale yellow for some of the people (Triadic because yellow, blue and red are on opposing sides of the colour wheel). Or it may possibly be using Complementary colours as we have red and blue which contrast one another and also contrasts with the pale colours of the people. The sky and ground are also monochromatic as they both just use different variants of red/blue.
Image found on wiki.
This painting definitely uses the complementary colour scheme as there are so many parts that stand out because they contrast with their surroundings. The brightest spot in the painting is the bit of bright ceiling close to the hidden fluorescent light that illuminates the interior. Outside the diner, dull colors predominate, as might be expected at night. Inside, the counter-top and the men’s suits are also dull. The two brightly colored spots in the entire interior are the white outfit worn by the server and the female customer’s red blouse. Indeed, her red blouse and lipstick represent the only use of red in the entire composition, causing her to stand apart from everything else in the painting.
Image found on wiki.
Mark Rothko (September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970). He was a Russian-American Jewish painter. He is classified as an abstract expressionist, although he himself rejected this label, and even resisted classification as an "abstract painter". This piece of art was one of his later accomplishments. This painting is considered to be an abstract piece of art, as was all of Mark Rothko's work. I don't believe there is any hidden meaning to it, if there is, I don't know it; thus it doesn't portray any particular feelings or emotions to myself personally. As you can see, it consists of different coloured rectangles.
This painting uses the analogous colour scheme, as it has 3-5 colours. I would be tempted to say that it also be classed as using a complementary colour scheme because the purple, orange and green all contrast as they're on opposite sides of the colour wheel, as do black and white contrast. If you don't class black and white as being colours I guess it could technically also be related to the Triadic colour scheme for the previous reasons mentioned.
Image found on wiki.
Boston cremes 1982 - Wayne Thiebaud (born November 15, 1920). He is an American painter whose most famous works are of cakes, pastries, boots, toilets, toys and lipsticks. He is associated with the Pop art movement because of his interest in objects of mass culture. Thiebaud uses heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements are almost always included in his work. This piece of art shows us many cakes, that I believe are called Boston cremes. I notice that the icing, the jam, and the sponge all look as if they have a very thick layer of paint on them. This gives them more texture and makes them look a bit more 3D as opposed to just having a flat image of cakes, this makes it seem more life like. On an empty stomach, I believe this painting would definitely arouse ones appetite.
I would say this painting also uses the analogous colour scheme, as it only uses 3-5 different colours. The cakes themselves use a Triadic colour scheme.
Image found on http://www.squarecylinder.com/tag/crocker-art-museum/ through google images.
Georg Grosz - Explosion, 1917. George Grosz (July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist. He was a prominent member of the Dada art movement. By 1914, Grosz worked in a style influenced by Expressionism and Futurism, as well as by popular illustration, graffiti, and children's drawings. This painting shows us an explosion in Berlin, buildings are burning and the whole place is falling apart. I believe this explosion was a terrorist attack and the painting captures the terror and the destruction that came from their actions. Dada concentrates its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works, as seen in this piece of art.
This painting has a good use of warm colours. The main colour here is red, it is an aggressive, energetic colour that really stands out. Red is the perfect colour for the scene in the painting because it is well known as the colour for alert/warning, it tells us that the situation in the painting is dangerous. It contrasts with the dark blue used on the buildings, it contrasts because blue is a cool colour on the opposite side of the colour wheel to red. The other warm colour here is yellow, it is used to outline the smoke rising from the buildings and is speckled all over the buildings. I would even be tempted to say this uses a Triadic colour scheme. I think all the dark areas use a very dark blue (not black) and that small bit in the middle which appears to be white, is actually just a very pale blue.
Image found on http://philpiguet.over-blog.com/article-articles-publies-dans-la-revue-l-oeil-646-mai-2012-104783215.html through google images.
The Sea of Ice is an oil painting by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich, 1823–1824. The landscape depicts a shipwreck in the middle of a broken ice-sheet, whose shards have piled up after the impact. The ice has become like a tomb. A shipwreck in the Arctic Ocean; "The image he produced, with its grinding slabs of travertine-colored floe ice chewing up a wooden ship, goes beyond documentary into allegory: the frail bark of human aspiration crushed by the world's immense and glacial indifference."
This painting has a good use of cool colours and an aerial perspective. In this painting, there is not a single 'warm' colour in sight, which is good given the location is the arctic. The only, non-cool colour would be the neutral colour: brown which is situated at the front in the painting while all the cool blues are towards the back. This, with the fading detail to the background, achieves a sense of depth in this cool landscape.
Andy Warhol - Mickey Mouse (silkscreen). Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. His early paintings show images taken from cartoons and advertisements, hand-painted with paint drips. This particular piece of art has the well known cartoon character, Mickey Mouse printed four times with coloured shapes as a background. To me, this seems like quite a fun picture, in the sense that it's bright and exciting.
The colour scheme used in this image is analogous because there are only 4 colours, 5 including black.
Image found on http://chloe328.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/andy-warhol/ through google images.
Leonardo Da Vinci - Virgin of the Rocks, 1491-1508. The painting shows the Madonna and Christ Child with the infant John the Baptist and an angel, in a rocky setting which gives the painting its name. The Virgin Mary makes the apex of the pyramidal figure group, stretching one hand to include John the Baptist and raising the other above the head of the Christ Child in a blessing. John the Baptist kneels, gazing towards the Christ Child with his hands together in an attitude of prayer. The Christ Child sit towards the front of the painting, supported by the angel, and raising his right hand in a sign of Benediction towards the kneeling John. This painting fits in a Christian context, thus doesn't make me feel any particular way, although it does look like a nice place to have a little sit down with the rocks, the water, etc.
I believe this painting uses the aerial perspective colour scheme as all the detail is on the closer parts of the painting and the cool colours are reserved for the waters behind where the detail is more faded.
Image found on wiki.
Graphic Designs:
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This look familiar to you? It should, it's the google logo. There is lots to say about this image, it consists of four different letters: g,o,l and e. It is pretty basic, it's just the word, there is no other fancy stuff to decorate it. Plain and simple. When I see it, I think "research". I'm sure google is well known to everyone that has access to the internet.
The colour scheme used in this image is analogous because there are only 4 colours, 5 including black.
Image found on http://chloe328.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/andy-warhol/ through google images.
I believe this painting uses the aerial perspective colour scheme as all the detail is on the closer parts of the painting and the cool colours are reserved for the waters behind where the detail is more faded.
Image found on wiki.
Graphic Designs:
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I think the colour scheme used for this logo may be the use of complementary colours for the following reasons, from left to right: "g" contrasts with "o", "o" contrasts with "g", and "l" contrasts with "e". Each letter's colour is on the opposite side of the colour wheel to the letter to the right of said letter. Make sense? Either that or it's just analogous because it only uses four different colours.
Image found on google images... which then linked me to this site: http://www.scienceweek.ie/features/2012-featured-articles/google-experiments.html
I was going to say this image uses the analogous colour scheme but as it uses over five different colours I guess it would be using complementary colours.
Image found on http://thewednesdayclub.org/2011/11/06/on-losing-an-ipod/ through google images.
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Get a load of this handsome shoe. It's just like any other shoe in terms of shape, roughly. These 'smart' shoes, as I call them, are longer than you're average shoe. They often have a reasonably high heel. They also always have just one colour for the outside (the main material of the shoe, in this case leather/fake leather), whereas trainers are very colourful and I believe always consist of more than one colour. I see these kinds of shoes and I think "business man". I almost forgot to mention the lovely stitching pattern around the outside. The image is on a plain white background so it doesn't take our attention away from the shoe, the shoe is our main focus, all praise the shoe.
This shoe uses a Triadic colour scheme, as it only has three colours: red, brown and black.
Image found on http://www.tkmaxx.com/formal-shoes/brown-smart-shoes/invt/25055220 through google images.
The colour scheme used for this product is monochromatic, this is because it only uses one colour, in this case, brown. It looks like there is a different shade of brown on the inside, I'm not entirely sure if that's just because it's in shadow. Either way, it's still monochromatic.
Image found on http://www.buystarwarscostumes.com/collectors-jedi-robe.html through google images.
This logo uses warm colours and neutral colours. The red is aggressive, it stands out, etc. Another warm colour, yellow. Yellow is a primary colour, as is red, they contrast. The yellow here is nice and bright, enforcing the black outline around the word "Lego", making it really stand out. Black and White are both neutral colours, white writing with a black outline makes it big and bold. This technique makes it plain and easy to read. This logo uses a complementary colour scheme.
Image found on http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/The_LEGO_logo through google images.
The background is blue, always a good choice for the colour of a background as it's a cool colour, everything else appears to be placed in front of it. I'm not sure what colour scheme this graphic design uses. I think it may be analogous, this is because I believe there are only five different colours. However, there are many different shades, tins and tones of those colours. If there are more than five different colours I would have to say this image uses a complementary colour scheme.
Image found on http://latoyadarlin1.babybloggo.de/1663679/How-Web-Graphic-Design-Can-Help-Your-Business-Growth/ through google images.
Media:
If we were to ignore the falsely added in advertising for just a minute, you can see the image pretty much only consists of neutral colours. From a quick glance (if it didn't have the advertising) I'd probably say it used a monochromatic colour scheme. Although, from closer inspection, there are some greens and the odd yellow and red in there, also. Anyway, the advertising is there and that is how I should be analyzing this image. I would say this image uses a complementary colour scheme. First off, all the advertising contrasts with the actual game content, because the game more or less just uses neutral colours, all these bright colours really stand out against it. Also, all the actual advertisements have contrasting colours, too: yellow+red, red+white+blue, black+white, red+white, green+orange+white, yellow+red+white. Notice how the McDonald's sign stands out most, although it is the largest sign there, it's all about those warm colours.
Image found on http://blog.betable.com/hacking-in-game-advertising-with-zack-hiwille/ through google images.
From the shear amount of colour in here, I'd have to say this image uses the complementary colour scheme. Although, thinking about it, I think it may actually be an aerial perspective colour scheme instead. This is because all the detail fades towards the background and also the good use of the pale blue sky (cool colour) setting the background and sticking everything else in front of it. Also, where the advertisement fades mostly towards the back, the sky becomes even paler blue, resulting in white.
Image found on http://careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-blog/next-move-in-advertising through google images.
The colour scheme for this image is quite obvious, thankfully. It's Triadic, the colour of the paper, black and orange on top of it. All of these colours contrast.
Image found on a great site: http://www.4muladesign.com/creative-blog/star-wars-an-endless-source-of-creative-inspiration/
Each individual poster either uses an analogous colour scheme or complementary colours. Just because of the number of colours used. The only real thing I did notice, was that the titles/writing for each poster contrasts with the background they're on. From top left to bottom right: Orange on purple/grey, red on white, orange on dark blue and brown, black on orange, white on dark blue and purple, black on white.
Image found on http://www.4muladesign.com/creative-blog/star-wars-an-endless-source-of-creative-inspiration/
The colour scheme used for this poster is analogous because there are only five different colours. The word "you" is larger than the rest to make it stand out, again going for that personal touch of addressing the individual. It is also red with a black outline where as the rest of the writing has it the other way around. It is red because it is a warm colour that stands out, the bold black outline helps enforce it.
Image found on http://www.world-war-2-planes.com/propaganda-posters-in-ww2.html through google images.
This image uses complementary colours. The blue on the logo contrasts with the white. The white writing contrasts with the red bed. The writing at the bottom is mostly yellow, contrasting with the brownish red floor. But the words "chlamydia" and "yours" are in white, this is to make them stand out from the other words.
Image found on google images, when searching for "advertising".
Scientific Images:
I'm not too sure which colour theory this would fall into. I think it may be analogous because I can only count there being 4-5 different colours. I would be tempted to say it uses complementary colours but then I'm not too sure because not all the colours necessarily contrast with one another.
Image found on http://web420.com/blogs/2009/04/psychedelic-optical-illusion/ through google images.
If it were just for handface, this image would be using a monochromatic colour scheme. With the background though I'd say it's a triadic colour scheme, but then I'm not entirely sure because white isn't really on the colour wheel so it can't be on opposite sides with the skin tone colour of the blue of the sky. Therefore can white contrast with the other two colours?
Image found on http://www.saddingtonbaynes.com/2011/05/sb-create-cg-illusion-for-creative-review-feature/face_or_hands_optical_illusions/ through google images.
I have no idea what colour scheme this image uses. If anything, I'd have to guess complementary colours.
Image found on http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/20-optical-illusions-that-will-have-you-stumped through google images.
Colour scheme used for this image is monochromatic .
Image found on http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/20-optical-illusions-that-will-have-you-stumped
The colour scheme used in this image would have to be analogous because there are only five different colours. I was going to say complementary at first but not all of them contrast e.g. blue and green.
Image found on http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/20-optical-illusions-that-will-have-you-stumped
The colour scheme for this image is monochromatic. You may say that black and white are different colours or not really 'colours' at all. But if anything, I'd have to go with monochromatic.
Image found on http://www.geekwithlaptop.com/20-optical-illusions-that-will-have-you-stumped
Interactive Media:
This image uses complementary colours.. and warm colours. The main colour in this picture is green, it contrasts highly with the warm colour, orange. The writing and other key bits of information are white because they're bright and can be seen easily with whatever background is put behind it. As it's a natural environment, there are neutral colours, too: browns and greys. There are a few other bits of information on the HUD which are blue and orange/yellow. This is so they stand out and contrast with the environment, in the same way that the white writing does.
Image found on http://elder-geek.com/2012/12/far-cry-3-video-review/
I want to say the colour scheme is monochromatic, but I'm not too sure because there is white in this image (not sure if there is black also or if it's just very dark blue). Otherwise, it is all different variants of blue. The white writing stands out because it contrasts with the dark background it's on, got to have an easy to read menu for your interface.
Image found on google images.
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Facebook uses two colours: white and blue. I don't think there is a colour scheme, if anything it'll be a cool colour scheme. It looks "cold" to me as it's all blues and white, blue is a 'cool' colour after all. The writing is black though, this is so it stands out. Writing is pretty much always white or black because it contrasts with the backgrounds they're on (most of the time).
Image found on http://www.keepthewebweird.com/the-new-facebook-interface/ through google images.
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I don't think this image has a colour scheme. There are lots of different colours but none of them really have any relevance to one another.
Image found on https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ebay-extension-for-google/khhckppjhonfmcpegdjdibmngahahhck
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The physical phone itself is black and chrome. The screen of course will always have different colours depending on what you're doing on it. There isn't a colour scheme to the handset, it looks smart and sleek by being black and chrome. With this particular image, I'd say the colour scheme would be complementary colours as there are lots of different colours and they all contrast with their black background.
Image found on http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/9352145/-/Product.html through google images.
Here is a girl playing on the Xbox 360 Kinect. It is a wireless game interface system produced by Microsoft to create an entirely new dimension of gaming experience. This is achieved by how you interact with it. The device functions based on voice recognition and body gestures or movement patterns and displays animation/text/images accordingly. It looks pretty fun to me, maybe I'll get to try one out some day. I don't think there is a hidden meaning, but I know game companies would like to get people to be able to enjoy their games but to do it physically, so they're being a bit more active.
The colour scheme is complementary as there are lots of colours some of which contrast with others.
Image found on http://chace101.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/xbox-360-kinect/ through google images.
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