Subpixels
To anyone who wishes to become a master of their craft: take a step back and examine the basic fundamentals of your art. Understand why things work the way they do. In this particular case, I took the basic element of computer graphics, the pixel, and studied its division.
Pixels can be divided into three sections: red, green, and blue. Each of these colors can hold different values (0 to 255) and use the illusion of color vibration to create new colors. In the example, I’ve created an enlarged example of subpixels, showing off complex colors such as green, orange, and pink. If you blur your vision for a second, you get a better sense of how color vibration works. Note that all of these colors are created using red, green, and blue set to different values. In other words, the colors are all pure and there and all the mixing is done with your eyes. Due to the fixed layout of these subpixels, a bleeding phenomenon can occur in certain cases. On the right, you’ll notice a blue line. This is an artifact of the pink color. Since the green is muted, the blue is out by it’s lonesome self.
It turned out to be a pretty thought-provoking study, though I’ve struggled to figure out how to apply this knowledge. Maybe someday I’ll come back to it.
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