Natural Color Symmetry

Authors

Frank A. Farris, Santa Clara UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

7-2017

Publisher

Tessellations Publishing

Abstract

Existing techniques to create images with color-reversing (or other kinds of color symmetry) produce results that look less than natural. We produce images with approximate color symmetries by using the domain coloring algorithm with suitable complex Fourier series and photographs that have varying degrees of naturally occurring color symmetry. The technique yields patterns where the color symmetry looks less crystallographic than those previously produced, but perhaps more artistic. The technique produces an interesting combination of symmetrical and natural patterns.

Comments

BRIDGES WATERLOO 2017 Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 27–31 July, 2017

Recommended Citation

Farris, F. A. (2017). Natural Color Symmetry. In David Swart Carlo H. Séquin & K. Fenyvesi (Eds.), Proceedings of Bridges 2017: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Education, Culture (pp. 131–138). Phoenix, Arizona: Tessellations Publishing.