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INTD 1320: Colour Theory and Application
Effective date
Department
Interior Design Technology
School
Continuing Studies
Description
During this course, students will develop a greater awareness of the role of colour in our lives. Emphasis will be primarily on the built environment both interior and exterior, but also will include products, fixtures and furnishings. Students will learn to recognize colour undertones and predict & explain effects created by colour as well as the ability to compare, create and design colour schemes in response to specific concepts of character, mood and criteria.
Credits
2.0
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the role of colour in the elements and principles of design
- Describe colour theory terms
- Arrange colours to create a colour wheel
- Demonstrate values and intensities of hues
- Interpret and explain types of colour schemes
- Describe scientific, historical and psychological aspects of colour
- Analyze products and projects with respect to colour theory and its application
- Describe the process of creating a colour scheme
- Write concept statements for product/project colour schemes
- Predict colour role in a design
- Select and coordinate colours based on concept statement
- Present assignments using professional design conventions
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition may be available
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 24
Total Hours: 24
Total Hours: 24
Instructional Strategies
Instructional strategies include lectures, demonstrations, case studies, critiques, pinups, research, group discussions, individual study and projects.
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Passing grade
C+
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Participation |
10 |
Attendance, punctuality, engagement |
|
Assignments |
45 |
Assignments, homework, weekly projects |
|
Project |
30 |
Final project |
|
Quizzes/Tests |
15 |
Final Quiz |
Course topics
- Role of colour in elements and principles of design
- Colour theory terms: value, hue, tint, shade, tone
- Primary colour
- Combining primary colours to create secondary colours
- Tertiary colours to create tertiary colours
- Colour wheels both addiitive and subtractive
- Creating sample chips
- Exterior colours
- Using paint create, shades, tones, hues, tints
- Create a colour wheel
- Gray scale
- Hues and chroma
- Analyze colour schemes
- Historical and scientific aspects of colour
- Masculine, feminine and cultural symbolism of colour pychological apsects of colour, cool and warm, mood and emotion
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.