Tonight I decided to work on a triad color combination: yellow, red and blue. I did a few sketches with acrylic paint using different proportions of the three hues.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
Jonathan Adler’s bold color combinations
Not sure how they do it, but the web designers at Jonathan Adler combine just about every color ON EARTH onto the home page, and it still looks great. There are a few blues, a few red/neutrals, some grays, yellow, purple and of course a pop of orange. The left navigation bar looks so funContinue reading “Jonathan Adler’s bold color combinations”
Paul Klee Color Scheme
Now for a color scheme from a Klee oil painting that I love: Senecio, 1922. The print hangs (well leans actually) on the wall near my desk. He created many shapes with different shades of yellow in this painting and I’ve estimated the color proportions in this study. I’ve also been trying to decide whatContinue reading “Paul Klee Color Scheme”
Sunlight on a lemon
In class last week I presented the mock up of my color book, and I realized that I’m communicating two themes – sun and lemon. While the color is the same, it’s confusing to carry both themes throughout the book without connecting them in some way. Here are a few images of sunlight on aContinue reading “Sunlight on a lemon”
Yellow Hue Information
Color Model formulas for Sun Goddess:Color-Aid – Yellow-Hue, equal in value to Gray 5PMS 123CR255/G200/B46C0/M22/Y91/K0#ffc82e
walking around NYC
Pattern Design
A few examples of pattern design based on geometric shapes or nature. A few of them are free form patterns that can create a variety of designs. My favorite patterns are free-form illustrations that don’t immediately say ‘pattern’. The ladies in the background of this image would make an amazing pattern! Credits from top toContinue reading “Pattern Design”
New and Different Yellow study
This study asks: what are all of the yellow objects in my apartment? It also attempts to answer the question of ‘what shape is my color’? This is an interesting image of a new product series that I thought was really relevant to this exercise. I love this image (not extremely relevant but the colorContinue reading “New and Different Yellow study”