Week 3

The use of colours, and the intensity or brilliance of the selected colour, all affect visual language. This week we explored:

Newton & the Colour Spectrum

The Colour Wheel

* Pimary colours * Secondary colours * Tertiary colours

Colour Componants

* Hue * Value * Intensity *Temperature

Colour Schemes

* Warm & Cool * Monochromatic * Complimentary * Split Complimentary * Triad * Analogous

Colour & Perception

* Chromatic Adaptation * Luminance * Brightness * Additative Colour * Subtractive Colour

Colour Psychology

Practical

During practical we created 4 colour schemes:

  • Monochromatic
  • Analogous
  • Complimentary
  • Split-Complimentary (Triad)