I love this print and think it’s a fantastic example of contrast,
contrast of color, and contrast over time. This image itself is of Africa with
Nelson Mandela’s portrait overlapping the right half and is a combination of
color and black and white. The image is divided into two halves, left and
right.
The Black and White left side represents the division of the
people of South Africa. The right side of the image is extremely colorful.
Therefore there is contrast of color in this change from monochromatic to color.
This represents the monochromatic beginnings of South Africa, when the White
minority was in power.
The colors used on the right side are the colors used are the
colors of Africa and imply the unity of the country, and by implication, of the
people, which as we know, is what Nelson Mandela strove to achieve. He recognized
that the country could not move on as a united people if they were to hold a
grudge and place blame on the whites.
Example of Bad Contrast:
I hate this print for one simple reason; I cannot easily
tell what is going on. I find few things as irksome as someone using color
combinations known to be hard for colorblind people to see. My vision is deuteranomalous
and I have a hard time seeing some reds but most especially find it difficult
to distinguish some greens when juxtaposed with yellow-green. Therefore, I
would say this design fails as a poster, because it introduces interference or
noise, into the line of communication, from the creator, or the encoder which
results in poor decoding on my part. Interestingly, I can see what’s going on
with this poster more easily if it is made into a thumbnail.
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