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What does colour do in an image?
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It sets the mood before you read any words.
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What can red connote?
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Danger, urgency or heat — it grabs attention.
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What can cold blue connote?
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Loneliness, sadness or cold — an isolating mood.
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What is composition?
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How the frame is arranged — what's centred, foreground vs background, and empty space.
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What does a centred subject do?
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Grabs your eye first — it's the most important thing.
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What does empty space do?
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Makes a lone figure look isolated and small.
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Foreground vs background?
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The foreground is what's up close and noticed first; the background sits behind it.
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How do you analyse colour?
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Name the colour + the mood or feeling it builds.
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How do you analyse composition?
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Say what's centred or in empty space + what it makes you look at.
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Commonest mistake with images?
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Naming a colour or shape with no effect on the reader.
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