Week 6: Colorception

This is the third time I've studied color theory in class (50C, 157, and now), but somehow I still find myself surprised by the details (or, more likely, magic). Realizing things like the fact that a green shirt is actually all other colors but green, and that stage lighting is often both subtractive and additive is still something I have to wrap my mind around.

I've been thinking a lot about color, as it's getting to the point where I'm being specific in my design choices. Even though it's something I've obviously had ingrained in me for a long time, the specifics of what color does - how much it does - to convey feeling is still sort of astonishing.

Looking at the swatch-books is freeing, in a way, because it emphasizes how much choice I have as a designer. But, as all superhero movies teach us, with choice (and power) comes great responsibility.