Color Theory Learning Activities

PART 1:

“Describe, in your own words, what each of these colour systems means: RGB and CMYK.”

R – red

G – green

B – Blue

– Colors that are used to make colors on TV screens, computers etc. These colors, put together, create white light.

C – cyan (greenish-blue)

M – magenta (redish-purple)

Y – yellow

K – key (black)

– A full-color printing process is made up of these four colours. These create black, when combined.

( http://www.peterverdone.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/RGBvCMYK.jpg )

Make use of Kuler and develop four different colour schemes. You must hand in screen shots of your schemes:

Monochromatic

Complementary

Triadic

Analogous

PART 2:

Use a colour photo of your choice and create the following colour effects – you should hand in four separate works of the same photo with the following effects:

Create an “Andy Warhol” look

Apply a sepia look

Split toning of the image

Freestyle: a colour effect of your choice

My original picture is of me and my late mother.

Andy Warhol look:

Split toning:

Sepia look:

Freestyle:

PART 3:

“Design a book cover for one of the following:

a.) “To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Wolf: use complementary colours to express anguish and uncertainty.

b.) “The Maiden’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood: use analogous colours with a contrasting accent to express disagreement and discontent.

c.) “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery: use secondary colours to express naivety, honesty and harmony.

The book cover must contain the title and the author’s name.

You must clearly make use of colour to express the desired effects.”

I chose the book “To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Wolf.

I didn’t finish this part of the assignment, so I’m going to continue working on this. But I will show what I’ve done, and try to explain my vision.

Basically I wanted to create the feeling of uncertainty and anguish by using complementary colors. These colors are orange and grey-blue, and grey-black and white. These colors would only be hints on what would mostly be and black background. They would be used to outline objects and lines of waves, clouds, rocks etc.