Calculated Harmony · Saturation variation

How do I apply a muted or vivid colour? How do I strengthen the intensity of the colour?

With the function "Saturation variation" you'll answer these questions not only generally but also for each colour system: Which blue hue is more vivid than RAL 5014 dove blue?

With several different grades of the saturation variation you will obtain a colour development that culminates in the same basic statement at its maximum intensity – a heightening, it absolutely has a certain inherent dramatic.

In painting a lot of experience is needed in order to vary the colour intensity.
At the computer all it takes is pushing a button.

The saturation variation is also referred to as the “saturation contrast” or “pure-dull contrast” in the literature. We prefer the term “variation” as the results do not contrast with each other, but rather lie next to each other, variations on a theme.

Short instruction

1. Select „Colour harmony“ and the third button of the harmony variants.
2. Choose the starting colour of the harmony calculation. Either by entering colour values or by selecting one of the included colour systems.
3. You can select the number of steps (including the starting colour) below the result rectangle.
4. Using the results-list calculate with "Ideal" or "RAL..." either...
   - ideal type saturations gradation (C-variations in CIE HLC), or
   - the RAL-colours located closest to these results as well as their variances Delta E to the according calculated ideal colour.

A click on the PDF button opens a window which includes the results in a well arranged form combined on one page. You can print this page for your documents or you can pass it on by E-Mail.

Further functions

If you press and hold down the Alt key while drawing the mouse over the results field, the number of grades varies. Draw it to the right and the grade gets larger (max. 20), draw it to the left and it gets smaller.
Double click on any given colour in the results field (bar or list) the colour will create a new brightness variation for the newly specified colour.
With the ideal saturation variation you can switch off between Lab-, HLC- and RGB-coordinates.

Create variations to dove blue!

 

Notes

The calculations function all the better for the real colours the more colour tones are available in the chosen system. If the deviation from the ideal colour to the real colour is too large then the real colour will no longer be displayed.
The RAL DESIGN system is practically predestined for the saturation variation as it displays the CIELAB-colour space, which is also the basis of our calculations, in the original. The herein horizontally arranged in-between colours are exactly that which our program calculates as saturation variations.

 

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