Harmony and Disharmony

On pages 53 and 54 of our text, Mary Stewart talks about Disharmony in color specifically and how it can be utilized in multiple ways, sometimes as very harsh and grotesque color schemes to make you feel uncomfortable, seemingly, and other times in ways that actually are not so bad (Steve Quinn. A Christmas Memory. 1991). I especially found it interesting that she pointed out the fact that color disharmony is used to direct your attention to matters than might be more controversial(Gorilla girls poster on page 54.)

It made me think about how I tend to use colors in my own works, and I realized that I tend to stay away from direct color disharmony, and it makes me wonder if that is due to my own need to avoid conflict. There are so many things that can come through psychologically in our own art, it’s incredible.