GOAL:

To create a simple, common vocabulary for discussing color and color relationships.

 

DISCUSSION & PRACTICE:

TAKE THIS for fun: http://www.xrite.com/online-color-test-challenge

 

Color Slides , perception and context. Introduce value (grayscale) and its relative scales- contrast (high and low). Introduce Hue and its relationship to Value (tints and shades). Introduction to what is Gamma/ Linear Colorspace and why is it used in presenting images on a monitor. What are the instances that do not follow that convention.

Applying Color in Photoshop

Color Theory Playlist

 

TAKE THIS NEXT for fun: Color Quiz

 

READ: optional 

(available online and at most libraries)

Composition and the Principles of Design
Excerpts from “Color,” Victoria Finlay
Excerpts from “Color & Culture,” John Gage

 

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