Color Management

The application simulates the nature painting processes. Color blending is a primary feature for a painting solution. Of course, we support it. Furthermore, we simulates the real color process in the Painting process. We target to provide the following advanced features

Color System

Traditional software works with color in ways that are faithful to the way machines display color, which is based on light emission. The colour of dyes and pigments is based on light absorption. The blend of light emission is different to the one of light absorption for some colors. For example, with light emission, Yellow blended with Blue produces Gray. But it is Green in Light absorption. Therefore, use of light emission system for Painting not only unintuitive to users, but also gives a wrong result in gradient.

  Light Emission Light Absorption
Gradient: Red to Yellow
Gradient: Blue to Yellow
Gradient: Red to Blue
Color Wheel

The gradient from Red to Yellow and from Red to Purple can be produced using Light emission blending. But only Light absorption blending can blend the gradient from Blue to Yellow for Green, and Black from Red, Blue and Yellow. And more general speaking, the blending in Light emission tends to White, and the blending in Light absorption tends to Black.


  Our Simulation Real Oil Blending
Gradient: Blue to Yellow

Gradient: Red to Blue

Gradient: Red to Yellow

Color Wheel

 


Our application uses the system of Light Absorption, the primitive colors are Red, Yellow and Blue. So you can blend colors in the same way as real Oil Painting with a Limited Palette.

Color Transfer process

Our Painting Tools like Knife and Brush are a Color carrier. It can take some color from one location on Painting Support and put to another location. All properties are kept during the transfer such as quantity and density.

Color Pattern

During the painting, some Painting Tools like Knife and Brush collects different colors in different locations. It forms a Color Pattern.

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The creation of Color Pattern

  1. Prepare some colors on any Painting surface
  2. Take a Painting Tool
  3. Pick up the colors using Pick up Gesture 
    (Tapping on the surface quickly with maximum of pressure)

Pattern is kept in the Painting tool, it can be saved in Application
Dot Stroke with Color Pattern

 
Different Painting strokes with the same Color Pattern

 A Color Pattern can be saved in two ways:

 

Color Pattern Management Description

Stored In the current Artwork

 It is a Color Pattern associeted with this Painting Tool. It can be reused with the option Auto Reset.

Stored In the Application

 A separated Painting Tool will be created.