ordinary yet meaningful poster!

I was reading about color theory when I saw this poster. Actually, it has been in my room a long time since it belongs to my roommate. However, after the reading, I found this poster kind of interesting. It is the depiction of Che Guevara, the famous revolutionary. I found that this poster is somehow following the color theory. Instead of using the exact picture, the artist chose to transform Che’s face into a graphic, which is more universal, more people can understand the meaning. The graphic also consists of many colors. Color can provide a very strong emphasis. It can also create visual surprise by the use of color discord. The technique simply means you juxtapose odd colors so that it creates an unusual combination. Disturbing yet attention grabbing is one of its advantages. The poster attracts the audiences by its strange combination such as a green with a pink or a red with a blue. These extraordinary mixtures of colors grab the audiences’ attention and emphasize the meaning of the poster. And as you can see, the middle depiction is the only one with white and black combination. It attracts the audience’s eyes and conveys the most meaning because it shows the most details and emotions of Che’s expression.