Westby DMT - Week 01 color

Digital Media & Techniques

1. color Theory & Practice make things

2. COLOR be human Color Wheel Emotional Connections Harmony & Balance Contrast & Tension

3. color There are lots of ways to incorporate visual style and impact into your digital art and design. There are a variety of thought processes that need to be considered when dealing with color 1 2 The colors you pick to may help grab your viewers ’ attention, they may help convey the emotional essence of your art.

4. color Production issues CMYK, RGB, Grayscale, etc 1 Contextual balance Do the color choices work well with each other? 2 Emotion Do the color choices work well for the subject matter? 3 Things to consider

5. color wheel Some colors work together better than others READ Color terminology and theory overview: http://www.sitepoint.com/color-theory-101-2/

6. color resource How do I feel when I see color? READ General psychology of color: http://blog.kissmetrics.com/art-of-color-coordination/

7. color resource Sort through the various methodologies for dealing with color. Check out - exhaustive site for all things color: http://www.colormatters.com/

8. color tools generator https :// kuler.adobe.com/ Use your Adobe ID to create/save/share color schemes schemes http://colorschemedesigner.com/ Tad bit techy... but a great resource palettes http://www.colourlovers.com/ Full palettes from a single color. Patterns too.

9. intuition & technology near infinite

10. fin