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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Week Six, Stefaniak

In this image, the Gestalt principle of continuity through color is successfully represented. Once you see the image of the cat in the background and the vivid blues and purples on its tongue, that contrast with its white fur, your eyes are immediately pointed downwards following the direction of the tongue to the snow-cone. The colors in the tongue, blue and purple, are mirrored onto the snow-cone, presenting the viewer with continuity between the two objects in the picture. The continuity works so well that it isn't until looking at the picture further do you wonder why a cat is licking a snow-cone in the first place. The Gestalt principle of continuity had allowed color to link the opposed images together in a fun way.

2 comments:

  1. The way the colors flow from the cats mouth onto the snow cone brings the image together.It is also enhanced greatly by the fact that the cat is white and makes the colors stand out even more.

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  2. The colors of the snow cone and tongue definitely make you look in that direction at first glance. When I first saw your post, I directly analyzed the tongue and the snow cone because of the colors.

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