Curriculum
Unit 1: Basic Color Theories
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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Unit 5: Color in Cultural Context
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Unit 6: Color and Photo Retouching
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Unit 7: Color Management
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Final Project
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- 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