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    Yellow and blue

    This was taken in 1989 at a large sporting goods/ outdoor store here in Toronto.
    While my wife was inside the store, I noticed a man wearing a bright yellow shirt standing against a blue tiled wall.
    We commiserated about having to wait while our wives shopped, and he was kind enough to let me take a casual portrait.
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    Yellow and blue

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    Re: Yellow and blue

    Splendid shot especially with that yellow vs blue. A very high color contrast because they are "opposite" for example in the additive color wheel (60 deg v 240 deg) or the CIELAB color model (b* axis) and because in terms of luminosity blue is very dark as opposed to red+green (i.e. yellow).
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    Re: Yellow and blue

    Good use of complementary colours in this shot Robert. Wow is that shirt ever bright! Almost time to pull out the sunglasses.

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    Re: Yellow and blue

    Ted /Manfred,
    Thanks for the kind comments.
    I loved this scene as soon as I spotted it, and knew even before I got the slide back that it was going to be striking because of the colour contrast.
    Robert

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    Re: Yellow and blue

    Now that's what a colour image is for!

    Wonderful.

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    Re: Yellow and blue

    Thank you Donald.
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    Re: Yellow and blue

    A very simple and stunning photo
    Cheers Ole

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    Re: Yellow and blue

    Ole,
    Thank you for your very kind comment.
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    Re: Yellow and blue

    Yes, great use of colour, Rob. Take it where you find it.

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    Re: Yellow and blue

    I love color...

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