(WIP, draft version)
Introduction
Literature Review
1. General
1.1 Basic Concept of Sound
1.2 Basic Concept of Color
1.3 Conclusion
1.4 Comparison
2. Harmony
2.1 Harmony
2.2 Major Chords
2.3 Chords Extension
3. Case Study
3.1 Case Study3.2 Application
Reference
RGB Color System and RYB Color System
Here, it chooses the RGB color system, a universal scientific color system used for digital screens and printing, rather than the RYB system, which is used in painting practice.
In the RGB system, Red, Green, and Blue are treated as primary colors. It is an additive color system, where combining these three lights produces white light. In the CMY(K) system, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow are the complementary colors to RGB. It is a subtractive color system, where combining these colors absorbs most wavelengths of white light, resulting in black (or near-black).
There are different choices for the 12 equal temperament with the color wheel.
C=primary
Here, based on the empirical experience, A=440Hz is an internationally acknowledged tuning pitch standard; therefore, A should be equal to the color, whether primary or complementary. Therefore, all the C=primary colors do not hold.
A=primary
A=complementary
In the range that A=primary or complementary colors, here, it considers the relationship between B and C. Within an octave scale, relatively, C is the darkest tone, and B is the brightest. Therefore, B and C shouldn’t be in very similar or close colors.
Under such a condition, A=complementary doesn’t hold. In the range of A=primary colors, here, it chooses the only one in which B and C are in the most significant contrast — B=yellow, the brightest color. Also, in the listening experience, B is the brightest in one octave.
direction: clockwise and counterclockwise