Introduction To Colour Studies (Sem 2)

November 15, 2018

DIPLOMA IN PRODUCT DESIGN

FINAL INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

INTRODUCTION TO COLOUR STUDIES

MR. DEREK TOLCHER

PREPARED BY

NAME	NISHYA BINTI RAZI-IE
I/C	980714-13-6142
MATRIC	DPD4-12/17-000UARY89
DATE OF SUBMISSION	3/JANUARY/2019

INTRODUCTION

Ø In the visual arts, colour theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual effects of a specific color combination.

Ø There are also definitions (or categories) of colors based on the color wheel: primary color, secondary color and tertiary color.

PRIMARY COLOR

Ø In painting and other fine arts, there are three primary colors: red, blue, and yellow.

Ø They are called primary colors because they cannot be created by mixing any other colors.

Ø Primary colors form the basis for color theory or color mixing, as these three colors are the basic building blocks of color from which it is possible to mix most other colors.

SECONDARY COLOR

Ø Next come the three Secondary colors, Orange, Green and Violet. Think of the Secondary colors as the children of the three Primaries as shown below.

Ø In color theory we are taught that the Secondary colors are mixed like this:

TERTIARY COLOR

Ø Tertiary colors are combinations of primary and secondary colours.

Ø There are six tertiary colors; red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet.

Ø An easy way to remember these names is to place the primary name before the other colour.

COLOR TEMPERATURE

Ø Warm colors–These are colors located on the half of the color wheel that includes yellow, orange, and red.

Ø Cool colors– These are colors located on the other side of the color wheel, including green, blue, and purple.

UNDERSTANDING COLOUR

PROJECT 1 (TASK 1)

The colour wheel is a useful device to help us explain the relationships between Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colour.

PRIMARY COLOUR

Ø First and foremost, the Primary Colors, Yellow, Red and Blue, are at the top of any color structure.

SECONDARY COLOUR

Ø Next come the three Secondary colors, Orange, Purple and Green.

Ø In color theory we are taught that the Secondary colors are mixed like this:

1) Yellow + Red = ORANGE

2) Red + Blue = PURPLE

3) Blue + Yellow = GREEN

TERTIARY COLOUR

Ø Finally the six-color tray is referred to as the Tertiary Color.

Ø Color Theory teaches us that every Tertiary color is the result of one Primary Color mixed with one of the Secondary colors such as:

1) Yellow + Orange = YELLOW/ORANGE

2) Red + Orange = RED/ORANGE

3) Red + Purple = RED/PURPLE

4) Blue + Purple = BLUE/PURPLE

5) Blue + Green = BLUE/GREEN

6) Yellow + Green = YELLOW/GREEN

COLOUR PERCENTAGES (TASK 2)

Ø Draw 6 strips onto an A2 sheet you will start of with a primary colour either red yellow or blue using the colour wheel you will be asked to add the primary colours.

PROJECT 2 - APPLICATION OF COLOUR WHEEL AND

COLOUR SYSTEM IN DESIGN

Ø Extract 5 colours and place them into a block next to the image use pantone referencing to match the blocks.

Ø Find 4 design combinations that use those colour ranges and place the image in the same picture, save into a folder ready for printing.

PROJECT 3 - COMPOSITION IN COLOUR

Ø For this part of the project we will look at the works of some famous artists who have used colour in their work, to a greater extent their work is about colour and how it is used to describe pictorial space, you will be asked to examine two painters.

Ø Hundertwasser

Ø Kandinsky