pink and peach、beige and skin tone

Picasso “Window with Guitar and Sheet Music”

I suddenly thought about it while drawing.。What is the difference between pink and peach?。Of course if you are a painter、They might say something like, ``Pink is crimson rake + white,'' or ``Peach is vermilion + white, right?''。But、People who say, “Isn’t it the same color?”、In fact, it may be the majority.。

``For ordinary people who have little experience in using colors,、Maybe you feel the same way?'' I suddenly wondered.、At that point, I would already belong to the minority that declares that ``pink and peach are different.''。"It's the same, right?" I can't help it because I can't see it.。Of course, the opposite is also true.、The question is, why does such a difference in color feel occur?、That would be the case.。

In my memory, elementary school 4,5Around the age of 10、It was my first time using watercolors (until then I had always used pencils and crayons)。Now it varies depending on the school, but 1,2It seems to be used from around the first grade.。At that age、how to name the colors、How did you mix it up?。
Matching the color name with the actual color is、than commonly imagined、Probably much more difficult。Even when listening to TV or radio broadcasts, etc.、"Emerald green sea" or "cobalt (blue) sky"、She gives the actual color name as if she "knows" it.、If the listener doesn't know about emerald green or cobalt blue, the value will be halved.。
For children, such as "Chairo" (sometimes written as "Tsuchiiro") and "Hadairo"、Some sets include already mixed colors as color names.。Honestly (from a professional point of view), that kind of "childish" nomenclature seen from an adult's perspective、I think it's a problem、However, they also use technical terms such as "crimson rake" and "vermilion".、That's it、That would be a problem。And in the end、Color knowledge and training are impaired。I think it's because "art is not about acquiring knowledge."。

Anyway、That's how adults enter society without any basic knowledge or training about real (?) colors and color names.、Distinguishing between "pink" and "momoiro" may be more difficult than you think.、I changed my mind。If we add “Hadairo” to it,、It's easy to imagine how confusing it would be to differentiate between pink and peach.。"Beige" is、If anything, it's probably a term related to fashion or interior design.、It is a color name that has rarely been used in paintings.。It's a little difficult, but I think "shade" is a similar name.。Maybe it's a special case、I remember seeing or hearing the word ``camel color.''。How well can ordinary people distinguish between color names and colors?、It may seem casual, but it seems to be deeply involved in the quality of culture.。

by the way、In this Picasso painting、All the colors mentioned above are used.、there is a possibility。"It's pink here.、This is beige、Picasso painted this picture while muttering, "This is pink."、I can't even imagine that。

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Takashi's personal blog。Not just about paintings、What I think about every day、what you feel、I write whatever comes to mind。This blog is the third generation。From the beginning, it has been over 20 years.。 2023From January 1st、For now, I decided to just write on odd numbered days.。I'm going to think about my future direction and other things piece by piece.。

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