The Bezold Effect uses subtle changes within patterns using color theory to use the same shapes in design, but it completely alters the effect just by changing very few elements. It is the conjunction of the two different elements that makes the effect so mesmerizing.
I began by making a hexagonal pattern using triangles and diamonds, but I was having a hard time incorporating my color bridge project. After some suggestions from my teacher, I decided to take individual pieces from my color bridge to fill in the shapes in the new design.
For ease of Photoshop to process my images, I decided to just use one section (triangle) of the new design. I still used elements of the different images in the color bridge, but I focused on the texture and color of the man-made textiles and organic elements. I used many different colors to reflect the color bridge’s intense hues. I then mirrored my arrangement to create consistency in the pattern.
Because my pattern was made from pieces of images and not from solid colors, in order to create the Bezold Effect, I drew a shape around the pattern acting as a frame for the pattern itself. In pattern A, the shape was made pink, with a white background, and in pattern B, the shape was made white with a pink background as shown below:
Patterns are the foundation of the Bezold Effect, so here I have 2×2, 4×4, and 8×8 versions of Pattern A and Pattern B:
Lastly, for the final Bezold Effect, I placed all 8 designs from both pattern A and pattern B next to each other and reflected pattern B’s orientation so that the viewer can very clearly see the effector of the multiple patterns against each other.
