Frank, Saying something but saying nothing, - that sounds like an elitist snob! ;-)
Igor "knarftheriault at gmail.com" wrote: >I would comment on this but I would just sound like an elitist snob so >I'll just shut up. > >;-) > >cheers, >frank > >--- Original Message --- > >From: Igor Roshchin <str at komkon.org> >Sent: January 23, 2013 1/23/13 >To: PDML at pdml.net >Subject: People like bright (saturated) colors > > > >Whatever connoisseurs might say, the large portion of people do enjoy >bright, saturated colors. > >Every so often, PDMLers criticize examples of somebody's oversaturated >photos. But there must a be a reason why those things "sell". >I just looked over the first few pages of the most popular photos on >500px.com: >http://500px.com/popular >Almost all of them (if not all) have saturated colors (or high-contrast >B&W) > >I am sure psychologists wrote papers and books on this topic, I didn't >even try to google it, but I suspect the reason is simple: bright >colors >are easier for "consumption", the same way as sweet foods/drinks >attract attention of adults and especially kids. In a similar way, >many people start drinking wines by liking the sweet ones. > >Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
