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Description
Understanding color theory is essential for the professional and hobbiest. Learn how to create more compelling images with this 100% online, instructor-led course from Gatlin International.
Color is probably the most relative medium in art. Each color has a specific property, whether it's the particular wavelength in optical perception, the molecular construction of pigments or an RGB value for a monitor. Though each of those properties may be fixed, the expression and perception of a color may change within different contexts.
Understanding color requires that you understand its systems, interaction—even a bit of physics! Our color theory course deals with the abstract language of color. We'll discuss basic color principles, terminology, and applications, with an emphasis on manipulating color.
Our color theory course is 100% online and instructor-led so you can advance at your own pace from the comfort of your own home. Why not enroll today? Enrolling is quick and completely secure.
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.
Additional Info
- Languages
- English
- Course Length
- 30.00 hours
- Duration of Access
Enrolled students have access to the class for six months. During this period, questions or assignments may be submitted at any time to the instructor. Each course lesson requires an average of 10 hours of study time.
- Instructor
Yeesan Loh is an interior designer, photographer, painter, and graphic designer who has extensive experience in architecture and a keen understanding of color theory. Yeesan's photography and painting has been exhibited in Artworks Gallery in Miami and The Las Olas Art Center in Fort Lauderdale and her photo essays published in Vida magazine in Asia. Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, she is currently an associate in Design Space Associates, a Florida-based interior design firm; co-owner and residential designer of StopDrop&Roll, a graphic tees company based in Buenos Aires; and a "New Malaysian," as featured by Harper's Bazaar, Malaysia.
- Prerequisites/Audience
The color theory course is designed for adult learners interested in building skills and portfolio for a design career. To take the course, students simply require a computer (PC or Mac), an Internet connection (56 Kbps modem or faster), and any required software. For courses with software requirements, computers must meet software manufacturers' system requirements.
- Requirements/Materials Included
To take this course you'll need Adobe Photoshop or equivalent digital imaging program such Fireworks or Paint Shop Pro, and basic experience in Photoshop or equivalent digital imaging program.
- Certification
1.5 CEU’s
Sessions College is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). Certificate programs are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools.
