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Colour Theory and Correction

For our project I had to do lots of colour correction as we were filming a conference which was lit by mixed flouorecent lighting and the images came of as very yellow and green.


In the art world RED BLUE and YELLOW are the primary colours, meaning you cannot make them by mixing any other colours together.
By mixing them together you get secondary colours as showed in the picture above.
By mixing secondary colours with the primary colours you get tertiary colours (The Interaction Design Foundation, 2018)
Colours can be also divided into:
Complimentary - meaning they are opposite to each other on the colour wheel (like red and green)
Analogus - meaning they are 3 colours beside each other (like sky blue, blue and purple )
Triadic - meaning they are 3 colours, equally spaced out over the colour wheel (like green, yellow and purple)

However, this method is used only by artist to mix paint, the primary colours on digital screens are RED, GREEN and BLUE, also known as RGB.

This colour wheel makes yellow, magenta and cyan their complimentary colours which are used to colour correct an image. (99designs, 2018)
As I mentioned before the footage we got was on the yellow/green side so to correct them I needed to add more of magenta and blue to the images. 
While colour correcting it is easier to focus on correcting the neutrals like whites and greys to look more natural to the eye. (Apogee Photo Magazine, 2018)

I've also found that the lumetri scopes on premiere pro can be really helpfull in acheving the best coloured images. As it shows what are the main picture colours and the graph on top left corner lets you see how much complimentary colour you should add, to get the most natural looking image the waves should look as white as it can and the white splaters on the bottom colour wheels should be mainly in the middle. (Odisho, 2017)

Bibliography
Apogee Photo Magazine. (2018). Color Correction and the Color Wheel | Apogee Photo Magazine. [online] Available at: https://www.apogeephoto.com/color-correction-and-the-color-wheel/ [Accessed 7 Dec. 2018].
Odisho, J. (2017). How to Color Correct in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017 (Basic Correction + Lumetri Scopes Tutorial). [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VDbf9VsZ88 [Accessed 7 Dec. 2018].
99designs. (2018). The bold, bright truth about color theory. [online] Available at: https://99designs.co.uk/blog/tips/the-7-step-guide-to-understanding-color-theory/ [Accessed 7 Dec. 2018].
The Interaction Design Foundation. (2018). What is Color Theory?. [online] Available at: https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/color-theory [Accessed 7 Dec. 2018].

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