Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
KLC School of Design
In addition to considering theories and aesthetics of colour, this course explored the human experience of colour, both in terms of the physical nature of colour and its reception in the human eye, and the emotional and social impact of colour at personal, local and global levels.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Jenny Gibbs
Principal
KLC School of Design
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Investigate the relationship between the physics of light and colour, and the receptor cells of the human eye that collect this light ‘information’
- Debate the merit and relevance of the theories of psychology and social issues associated with colour
- Design original palettes and combinations of colour inspired by abstract imagery
- Explain the strategies employed within colour combinations and relate this back to colour theory
Syllabus
- The physiology of the eye and how it receives colour information
- The structure of light waves within the visible spectrum and their colour designations
- The colour wheel and how pigments and coloured light behave differently when combined and create different primary and secondary colours
- An introduction to colour theory, and strategies for combining colour in order to create a desired effect
- The psychology of colour: theories of the emotional impact of colour
- Colour and culture: the local significance of colour within society
- Creating original colour ‘moods’ by taking inspiration from abstract imagery
- Digital tools to enable colour extraction and reference conversion between systems of notification
- Colour in art: a brief history of the impact of colour and theories of colour on artists over the centuries
- Colour in Interior Design: how interior designers make and apply colour choices within projects
- Commercial use of colour: an introduction to how colour is used in branding and graphics
- The activities of the colour forecasting industry and their near-term predictions
Issued on 5th March 2017
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