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Advanced Color Theories

Unit 1: Basic Color Theories

Welcome to Advanced Color Theories
Color Models (12:03)
Tints, Tones and Shades (2:47)
Color Harmony (4:49)
Color Gradients (3:55)
Color Psychology (6:20)
Creating Effective Color Palettes (4:01)
Brand Color Guidelines (7:50)
Applying Color Palettes To Design: 60-30-10 Rule (2:11)
Project 1.1: Apply color guide to a black and white website wireframe
Color Bias (1:12)
Blacks (4:47)
Project 1.2: Reverse engineer the color palette of an existing website
Project 1.3: Create a color guide for a brand with color psychology and brand identity in mind
Quiz 1: Color Terminology
Certificate Students: Book Your #1 Live Review Session After You Finished Assignments

Unit 2: Color and Accessibility

Color Contrast (3:22)
Important Exceptions (1:21)
Designing for Color Blindness (7:35)
Project 2.1: Find color accessibility issues in a website and propose solutions
Project 2.2: Find a website with charts and run it against color blindness simulator; make recommendations for color adjustments if issues are found.
Quiz 2: Color and Accessibility
Certificate Students: Book Your #2 Live Review Session After You Finished Assignments

Unit 3: Color and Typography

Color in Printed Text vs. Web Text (1:32)
Color in Headings Typography (0:37)
Color in Body Typography (0:57)
Color in System Messages (3:32)
Color in Placeholder Text (0:45)
Project 3.0: Re-color a website with color and typography issues
Certificate Students: Book Your #3 Live Review Session After You Finished Assignments
Single Course Students: Book Your #1 Live Review Session After You Finished Assignments

Unit 4: Color Relativity

What is Color Relativity? (3:04)
Bezold Effect and how to use it in design (3:33)
Simultaneous Contrast (4:14)
Project 4.0: Recolor stock illustration using the principles of color relativity to create 3 different moods

Unit 5: Color in Cultural Context

What Do Colors Mean In Different Cultures? (6:02)
Project 5.0: Design 3 graphics using red in 3 different cultural context
Certificate Students: Book Your #4 Live Review Session After You Finished Assignments

Unit 6: Color and Photo Retouching

LAB color (2:41)
LAB retouching in Photoshop (4:32)
Project 6.0: Retouch a landscape or portrait photo using LAB colors in Photoshop to make colors pop

Unit 7: Color Management

Color Model vs. Color Space vs. Color Profile (4:38)
Color Gamut (5:14)
Color Management for Designers (4:48)
Quiz 3: Color Management
Certificate Students: Book Your #5 Live Review Session After You Finished Assignments

Final Project

Design branded graphics and a website homepage for a brand that wants to use color as a statement
Certificate Students: Book Your #6 (and last for this course) Live Review Session After You Finished Assignments
Single Course Students: Book Your #2 (and last for this course) Live Review Session After You Finished Assignments

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