Here's another recycled post, dusted off a bit. I hope you enjoy it!
When our surroundings are in direct sunlight, we think everything is being lit by the sun itself, but the sky is giving us a
secondary light and surrounding areas yield a third light. The sun's direct rays are bathing what we see with warm light, the sky is reflecting cooler light in areas not directly hit by the sun's rays, and colors bounce from images adjacent to one another.
Here is a little color experiment to show what happens. We have four identical tea cups, each perched on the same red fabric, but each lit by a different
color of light. Notice first how the red fabric influences the cup's color, then watch how all colors change according to the color of light.
Let's look at an analysis of the same four areas of each cup and the red fabric.
Now let's look at a side by side comparison. Notice the color changes especially in the shadow areas labeled 3 where the light's color mixes with
bounced light from the fabric.
Enjoy a delightful and colorful weekend!
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