Color Theory: Class 2

1. Discuss article, "Where Men See White, Women See Ecru"

2. Discuss article, "Color Theory Refresher"

What does Albers mean when he wrote in his 1963 book on the interaction of color, "color deceives continually"?
What does it mean when we consider a color's interaction with a surrounding color?

3. Discuss article, "The Powerful Ways Color Can Alter Your Mind"

What color is your bedroom, and what does Vanessa Arbuthnott's infographic say about it?
What color room makes babies cry the most? Why do you think?
If you had to repaint a room in your house based off of Vanessa's infographic, which room would you repaint and which color would you use?

4. Share examples of color theory in ad or website designs

According to what we know about color theory, what works and what doesn't work?
Here's a website that does NOT work. Why? http://www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/

5. Take an online color hue challenge

FACT: 1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of color vision deficiency. Take the online color challenge, based on the Farnsworth Munsell 100 Hue Test.
Color Challenge

6. Prezi - Part 2

Please click here to view the Prezi. Then, you can then use the left and right arrow keys to move forward and backward through the "slides".

7. Color in Motion Game

8. Fun color scheme links

9. Key terms

Hue - an object's color
Chroma - purity of color; brightness of a color in comparison to white
Saturation - weak vs. strong or pale vs. pure
Value - refers to lightness; light colors have higher value, black has the lowest value
Tones - adding gray to a color
Shades - when black is added to a hue, making it darker
Tint - when white is added to a hue, making it lighter

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