Inspiration: 9 Types Of Contrast Pt. 2

A couple of weeks ago, in 9 Types Of Contrast Pt. 1, we started to look at some inspiration on how different types of contrast can be used to create focal points and lead a viewer though a composition. We looked at Contrast Of Tone, Contrast Of Hue, and Contrast Of Saturation. In this post we have some inspiration on three more types of contrast: Contrast Of Size, Contrast Of Temperature, and Contrast Of Direction.

Contrast Of Size

Big meets little, many meets few, plenty meets scarcity. A tiny blob of orange on a big purple composition will be more interesting than if there were equal amounts of each.

Red Cat And Fish By oxana.kostromina/Creattica

Sunday Is Gloomy By Hamed Saber/Flickr

Komatsu Wheel Loader: Sphinx By Creattica

NASA’s Hubble Finds that Puny Stars Pack a Big Punch By NASA Goddard Photo and Video/Flickr

Piracy By Creattica

Contrast Of Temperature

Warm meets cool. Get that color wheel back out: the warmest point on the color wheel is half way between red and orange, and the coolest point is directly opposite, between blue and green.

Satisfy By Garth Humphreys/Creattica

Ocean Colors By Paulo Brandão/Flickr

Dream Trees By sounas/Creattica

Think Green Ad By vectortrance/Creattica

Giant Squid Attack! By fractma/Creattica

Contrast Of Direction

Vertical lines or movement contrasts horizontal lines or movement. Diagonal contrasts both (though not as much).

Inception By Tomasz Opasinski/Creattica

koyaanisqatsi pantone By alvazer/Flickr

Steve & Jacqs By Steve Oldham/Creattica

Untitled By Viernest/Flickr

VW Stability By Creattica

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