Sketch Series 3

In this sketch series we were asked to select four fabrics with warm colors in a variety of textures. We were to take those fabrics to a variety of interior lighting settings, including a grocery store, retail store, a residence, and a library. We were to record these findings and discuss how the light changed the colors and what affect it had on them.

GROCERY STORE--HARRIS TEETER

The light source in this space is flourescent lamps overhead that create ambient lighting for the space. This light is very intense lighting, as it should be to clearly light the entire grocery store. I believe it is good for a grocery store to be lit this way. It is a space that is lively and people are constantly going. The bright lights help to create this lively atmosphere and they also liven up all the colors in the space making the grocery store seem very colorful. It is not too bright and colorful that it is uncomfortable. The lights do not create much glare in the space either.
Under this type of lighting the color fabrics appear brighter and to have a yellow tint to them. For the most part though, the colors appear true to what they really are.

RETAIL--PAC SUN

Pac Sun was lit by all track lighting that was directed at the clothing in the space which are the focal points of the space. The types of lights used in this space were 60 watt halogen lights. The lighting was also ambient overhead lighting. The color fabrics in this space under the lighting seem to be a little washed out (which is shown in the first photo). The blue appears extremely light compared to the original fabric color. The green also appears to be washed out. The red and orange do not seem affected as much by the lights.
I believe this is a problem for a retail space since they are displaying clothes of many colors for people to buy. They should provide light that shows the color true to what it really is so that customers aren't upset when they view the clothes under a different light.

LIBRARY--BARNES AND NOBLEThe lighting in this space is fluorescent lighting. The lighting in this space kept the colors true to the originals. The light isn't directly hitting the fabric so this may have resulted in the true color. Much of the objects in the space are vertical so it is good that the color on a vertical surface be true to the original.

RESIDENCE--MY APARTMENT
I was really surprised to find that my apartment lighting showed the color on the fabric to be fairly true to what they really were. The lights in the living room of my apartment are incandescents. This one light is in the middle of the space. The table that I took the pictures on was located directly under the light fixture. This may have resulted in a truer color being produced in the living room. There are also more warm colors around this space which keep the reflection down. The kitchen space is much brighter, but the colors still remain fairly true to themselves.