I’ve probably talked as much about the history of colour theory as I’m going to during this section of posts. From here on in we will be discussing the details of colour theory at length. However, I’d just like to take the moment to discuss its importance. I’m a science student at [...]

Here’s a brief summary of the last few posts in terms of a timeline for people that have been having trouble following the basic history.
1810: Goethe publishes Theory of Colours, in which he discusses the original RYB system of primary colours and all of the investigations that took place over the 18th century in an [...]

In the previous post, we talked about the red-green-blue and red-yellow-blue systems of primary colours. These systems are systems that you are going to encounter throughout your life as a graphic designer and while you will more often see the RGB system (you will in fact always see this when you do electronic graphic [...]

As previously mentioned, colour theory is based primarily on historical precedent with colours that was discovered through scientific means and then transposed onto the art scene. Perhaps the one exception to this idea is the basic principle of colour theory that still exists to this very day, the principle of primary colours.
Primary colours, also [...]

The last few posts on this blog have given you the opportunity to get out of the theory of graphic design and take a look at it from the perspective of someone in the practical world that has practical concerns related to the business. While that type of look can be a sobering one, [...]