In this lecture, I learned all about the
way colours contrast and which work together. At the start of the lecture I
chose my least favourite colour, which I was going to experiment with after the
lecture. My least favourite colour was a pistachio like tint of green.
The juxtaposition of different hues and the
distance between the colours on the colour wheel, the greater the distance the
greater, create a contrast in colours the contrast. A contrast can also be
creating using the juxtaposition of warm or cool colours. Paula Scher said:
"There are no ugly colours; there are only ugly colours in
combination."
So after the lecture I had to take my least
favourite colour and find other colours that would create a good colour
combination. I had to create colour swatches that would work well together, and
while ding this I had to consider whether or not they would work well on
children’s books.
I headed to Adobe’s colour wheel and found
my least favourite colour. It is there where I could find other colours that
would work well with it. I found that choosing light hues or saturations of
colours worked best with my chosen colour.
After having found a variety of colours
that worked well with my original colour I discovered that they didn’t all work
well together. Here are my colour swatches.
Another aspect I had to take into account
was whether or not my colour and the colours I had chosen worked well with
type. When colours contrast it can make text difficult to read so I looked at
which of the colours I had chose worked best with my colour when used in text.
I have discovered that dialed down, beige,
pastel tone colours work best with my chosen colours and I actually quite like
the combinations. So I would say I definitely agree with Scher’s comment. However when working with text the more vibrant colours closer to the opposite end of the colour wheel work best.
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