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WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR?
Red : action, confidence, courage, vitality Pink : love, beauty
Brown : earth, order, convention Orange : vitality with endurance Gold : Wealth, prosperity, wisdom
Yellow : wisdom, joy, happiness, intellectual energy Green : life, nature, fertility, well being
Blue : youth, spirituality, truth, peace Purple : Royalty, magic, mystery
Indigo : intuition, meditation, deep contemplation White : Purity, Cleanliness
Black : Death, earth, stability
Gray : Sorrow, security, maturity NEXT
Visual Cohesiveness and Balance
Color schemes that hold together well tend to be derived from the color wheel in a way that is logical and almost mathematical in
nature.
Emotional Impact
Colors affect the emotions of the people who see them. In general, cool colors are colors of calm, sadness or peace, while warm colors are colors of
passion, aggression and excitement.
Personal Symbolism
The use helps the artist become more expressive and develop greater levels of meaning in his creations.
WHY IS COLOUR SO IMPORTANT?
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Understanding the colour wheel helps us when we are designing our own projects. To give us desired effects and to stimulate our senses.
THE COLOUR WHEEL
Primary colours
Primary colours are the three key colours - Red, Blue and Yellow. They cannot be made from any other colour.
Secondary colours
If you mix equal amounts of the primary colours, you get the Secondary colours - Purple, Green and Orange.
Red + Yellow = Orange Red + Blue = Purple Blue + Yellow = Green
Tertiary colours
If you mix a primary with a secondary colour, in a ratio of 2:1, you get a Tertiary colour. Red-
Orange, Blue-Green etc. Cool versus hot. Look at the colour wheel and you will see the right hand side of the colours are 'warm' or 'hot' and the ones on the left are 'cool' or 'cold'.
Yellow Blue
Red
Orange Purple Green
Red- Orange Blue-
Green Yellow -
Orange
CREATIVE COLOUR WHEELS
In class we will be working in partners to create your own version of a colour wheel.
You will present your work to the class using a medium that works well for your choices.
All work must be completed in class time.
This means you are to come up with your idea and bring any necessary supplies with you to class.
You may video tape yourself creating this at home and bring it in to show me if
materials are not transportable.
Creating 6 Different Colour Palettes PART 2
COLOUR COMBINATIONS
#1 - MONOCHROMATIC
COLOURS ARE TONES OF THE SAME COLOUR
#2 - ANALOGOUS
COLORS ARE ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL
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#3 - COMPLEMENTARY
COLORS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL
#4 - TRIADIC
THREE COLORS EQUALLY SPACED AROUND THE COLOR
WHEEL
#5 - NEUTRAL
ONLY COLORS NOT FOUND ON THE COLOR WHEEL
(VARIOUS TONES OF BROWN AND GRAY)
#6 - ACCENTED NEUTRAL
NEUTRAL COLORS AND ONE OR MORE SPLASHES OF COLORS
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Go to the website http://www.colourlovers.com
2.Click on the sign up button
3.
Complete the 5 text boxes making sure that your user name is your first name and last initial
4.
Create a password that you will be able to remember and be sure to keep that password to yourself.
5.
When putting in your email address make sure it is one that you will want notifications being sent to, or change the settings to make sure this wont
happen every time.
6.
Click on the heading Create at the top of the page
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Choose Basic Palettes and begin making your own six types of palettes
YOUR CHANCE TO CREATE1. MONOCHROMATIC 2. ANALOGOUS
3. COMPLIMENTARY 4. TRIAD
5. NEAUTRAL
6. ACCENTED NEAUTRAL
THE 6 PALLETTES
When you have had your 6 palettes checked by me, you can create one pattern of your own and colour a pattern that is already
there.
Be sure to add a description for each and remember that this will be published onto the web for all to see.
Use your Netiquette please!
CREATE YOUR OWN
PATTERNS
Once you have completed at least two different patterns,
Head to the following website:
Ployvore.com
Choose one of the colour palettes types that we learned today and create a design board that goes with that colour scheme.
EXTENSION
So what are we going to do with all this knowledge?
We have learned about colour theory and how it helps us to create designs that are both visually appealing and can create a mood, so now I want you to design your own
name card/logo that uses these ideas of design and colour to tell me about yourself.
These cards will be used throughout the year and if you want to make them into a smaller version we can use them as tags for the projects that you design over the course. You can use Polyvore if you like or any other program that works for you.
FINAL PROJECT
Principals and Elements of Design
Originality and Creativity
Effort and Attitude Practical Skills Set up /Clean up
3 - Awareness of design and used elements and space effectively
- Generated a number of ideas
- Great use of combinations
-Participated with enthusiasm
- Followed through with their ideas to complete project
- Work completed with a high level of
craftsmanship
- Assisted willingly
2 - Project is adequately
completed but could have used either the space more effectively or the elements are not clearly used
- Not trying out ideas first
- Based work on others
- Participated adequately - Completed project well
- General craftsmanship - Finishing touches would have enhanced work
- Assisted when asked
1 - No evidence in planning and use of design elements is minimal
- Used other peoples ideas without much thought
- Did not participate well - Poor craftsmanship - Parts are not completed
- Minimal effort given
