tHeory tHursday – let’s play with WHITE!
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Hi folks, Brittney here. Its tHeory tHursday, and I thought I’d talk a little bit about color. And not just any color, the color WHITE.
White is NOT, as you might think, the lack of color. White is the combination of all the colors in the visible light spectrum. It does NOT have “hue” though. White is commonly thought of as a symbol of purity and perfection. That’s why brides wear white!
In art, white is associated with coolness, cleanliness. You can use white to suggest simplicity. I have always been intrigued by LO’s that I’ve seen where people use just a plain white background, not even a white paper, just a white fill layer. But I never dared to try it.
Well, I was forced to try it last week!! How does that saying go? Necessity is the mother of invention? I was preparing my digi-journal for ordering and had to design a cover for it. The company I’m ordering doesn’t offer a full bleed dust jacket. The front and back covers are full bleed, but the flaps aren’t. They just have a spot for some copy and a spot for some pictures but leave the background with a solid color. I figured, it I left all the background white, and just designed my front and back cover on a white fill layer, I could create the illusion of a complete full bleed dust jacket. Does that make any sense??
Well, I opened Photoshop, got my white layer ready and the just jumped in and gave it a try. And I LOVE the results!! (thanks to Flergs & JanaM for their collab. kit “Caramel Pudding” which I used to create my cover)
Here’s the front:
And here’s the back:
And here’s a screenshot of how it all came together:
Anyway – I love the simplicity and clean look that scrapping on a white fill layer brings. This will not by the last time I do it! You should give it a try!! You might surprise yourself like I did!!
Have a great Thursday scrappers!!
xoxo,
