Tone and Color

This image is used in a sex education online comic, Oh Joy Sex Toy. 

How TONE is operating

In this image, varying tones are used to differentiate the body from the pop-out images and text. The lightest tone is the background, allowing darker tones to contrast with it. Different tones are also creating the background shape, heading bubbles, arrows, and text. The arrows and text, for instance, are a consistent dark tone that contrasts with the lighter tone of the body parts. The pop-out graphic of the anus is a middle tone, further differentiating it from the rest of the image. The bright white tone also allows us to see the beginning and end of each organ in the respective bodies.

How TONE is interacting

Tone interacts with shape here. The different tones essentially create the shapes of the image. The large dark-toned image in the back adds to the depth and contrast from the rest of the image as it reinforces the curves of the pop-out anus piece and the butts. The medium tone seen in the pop-out anus and in the bodies contrast from the dark tone in the background shape, to allow our eyes to see the image. This mid-tone becomes what our eyes first see, the focal points. Similarly, the slightly darker tone of the pop-out anus and the pop-out info bubbles further reinforce curves seen in the image, as well as differentiate from the large amount of info on the graphic. These bubbles also become a lead in and out of the image. 

How COLOR is operating

Here, the color is monochromatic with varying shades of pink. This color works great with the anatomical image, implying skin, veins, organs, etc., but in a tasteful way. Similar to tone, the colors here emphasize different parts of the image. The large bright pink bubble in the background draws out eye to the center. The lighter pinks fill in the bodies, with a darker pink showing the anus. I think that the slightly darker tone of the anus pop-out image implies it being farther away, underneath something, or in shadow. This could be the case since we know that the anus is a bit tucked away. 

How COLOR is interacting

Color and direction interact in this image. The bubbles at the top left and bottom right of the image draw out eye in that direction down the piece, their color a bit different from the other pinks. The bright pink circle in the back draws our eye into the center of the image, and the arrows use contrasting color to direct the viewer and draw there attention to the details of the image.