Color Theory/ Electronic Color

Color Theory/Electronic Color is a multiple-media interdisciplinary 3-credit introductory course in color theory and electronic color that meets once per week with an approximate enrollment of 15 students. There are no prerequisites and no advanced knowledge of computer graphics is assumed. This course is an elective for students pursuing a degree in architecture and a concentration elective for students pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) in either multimedia or graphics and design. With an innovatively eclectic combination of lectures and supplementary readings, in-class exercises, student presentations, videos, and homework exercises/projects (requiring a variety of media from watercolor to computer graphics) ranging in length from one to three weeks, the class addresses issues of psychology of color; interaction of color; color mixing and color palettes; color reproduction; color models; color composition in art, architecture and advertising; and so on. Non-design students are given a visceral appreciation of the creative process and some of the variables considered by artists, architects and environmental designers. An additional focus is a concentration on digital applications and implications of color theory as they impact, and are impacted by, the computer which can significantly affect both the design of architecture and its presentation prior to construction.

Volume Editors
Marilys R. Nepomechie & Robert Gonzalez

ISBN
0-935502-54-8