Tone and Color

I think that this poster does an amazing job at utilizing tone and color. We can best see tone at work in this poster in the different blue tones. We can see that the darkest blue represents the mountains, then the sky, then some of the low clouds. We are able to clearly tell the difference between the mountains and sky because of the juxtaposition of lightness versus darkness. Because of tone at work in this poster, we are able to see the expression of depth- that the darkest mountains are at the foreground, and a shade lighter of the mountains, indicates they are behind the darker. I think shape is interacting best with tone in this poster, because the tone in each shape gives that shape depth and dimension.

I like the chosen colors in this poster because they are surprising, visually interesting, and make the poster pop. I think it's interesting that only secondary colors are used with tonal differences. We seem not to know which is brighter, the pink or the very saturated gray, even the placement of the centered, large green cloud jumps out, so our eyes bounce across the poster in a pleasing way. These bright colors also get us excited. They are very loud colors as well, perfect for a poster advertising music. I think the lines compliment color best in this poster, because the excess of lines coming out of the larger shapes, allows for detail and a sense of movement.
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