Monday, March 1, 2010

Inventive Linear Greyscale


The image above depicts an inventive linear greyscale. The values in the scale are depicted by spades and are labeled for clarity. Starting at the bottom of the image, at value scale # 10 (the highest and brightest value), represented by white, the values in the greyscale darken and dim as they head toward value scale # 0 (the lowest and darkest value), represented by black. Values are the subtle or extreme (depending on which values are being compared) differences between black and white. The differences between black and white were evaluated and the variants in value were turned into, and dubbed, a Linear Greyscale by Albert Munsell. My depiction of the scale is a spaced example of the classic greyscale bar Munsell is responsible for.

-Brian Shafer

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