Color Theory
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Course Outline
LESSON 1 Thinking about Color To begin to understand how to work with color, we'll explore different ways of looking at it using the color wheel. The concepts of hue, saturation, and harmony will be introduced. Values and intensities of colors are explored using illustrations and real-world examples. In the exercise, you'll apply these principles and experiment with different color relationships by creating six color schemes for a client.
LESSON 2 Color Interactivity Colors can look very different depending on the other colors around them. Lesson Two explores how colors work with each other. You may be surprised by some of the effects and illusions that can be created by simple pairings of colors. We'll also look at light and how it affects the perception of color. In the exercise, you'll study and mimic how a great painter uses color to represent light and produce your own, original study of light and color.
LESSON 3 Color in Design Designers use two very different "modes" of color in their work-color that is made of printing inks and color that is made from light in a monitor. The differences between the additive and subtractive color will be explored in Lesson Three. Other important topics include using color on-screen, combining color with typography, and color psychology. For the last exercise, you will create a travel poster, developing an effective color scheme for the overall design and typography.
More Information
| Language | English |
| Course Length | 15.00 hours |
| Duration of Access | Up to six months |
| Instructor | Piper Nilsson |
| Vendor | Sessions (Read more about Sessions accreditation.) |
| Course Certification | Transcript and letter of completion from a nationally and regionally accredited online school. |
| Prerequisites/Audience | Basic experience in Adobe Photoshop or equivalent digital imaging program. |
| Requirements/Materials Included | • PC or Mac computer with an Internet connection (56.6 Kbps modem or faster is recommended). |