1. DIPLOMA IN DIGITAL ANIMATION
DNM 113 – COLOR STUDIES
NAME : NG NYEN HOONG
ID : 2014050044
GROUP : GROUP 1
LECTURER : MR SYAFIQ HARIZ
2. Contents
1. WHAT IS COLOUR
2. HISTORY OF COLOUR
3. COLOUR THEORY
3.1 COLOUR PROPERTIES
3.1.1 COLOUR WHEEL
3.1.2 PRIMARY COLOUR
3.1.3 SECONDARY COLOUR
3.1.4 TERTIARY COLOUR
4. COLOUR HARMONIOUS
4.1 ANALOGOUS
4.2 COMPLEMENTARY
4.3 SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY
4.4 TRIAD
4.5 TETRAD
5. ACHROMATIC COLOUR
6. MONOCHROMATIC COLOUR
6.1 SHADES
6.2 TONES
6.3 TINTS
7. COLOUR PSYCHOLOGY
7.1 WHAT IS COLOUR PSYCHOLOGY
7.2 USES OF COLOUR PSYCHOLOGY
7.3 COLOUR PSYCHOLOGY AS THERAPY
7.4 COLOUR IN MY CULTURE
8. WHAT IS COLOUR GOOD FOR
9. REFERENCES
10. COLOUR THAT REFLECTED MYSELF
3. 1. WHAT IS COLOUR
Colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories.
Actually, colour is simply light of different wavelengths and frequencies. It composed
of many colour such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. We can identify
the colour of the objects because of the objects absorb certain wavelengths and
reflect others back to the viewer.
In our everyday lives, colour will be a part of us, and affect us. For example, when you
look at red, it does increase your heart rate. It is because red is the hot, crazy girl of
colours, it also represent evoking powerful emotions such as fear, anger and passion.
2. HISTORY OF COLOUR
Colour has been investigated and used for more than 2000 years. Through the record,
we knew that many different civilizations have experimented and learned how to use
colour.
Egypt is the earliest time that have been recorded that have been using the colour.
The ancient Egyptian looked at the nature and copied it in many aspects of their lives.
For examples, the floors of their temples were often green because the grass which
then grew alongside their river, the Nile. Besides that, blue was a very important
colour to the Egyptians too because blue colour is the colour of the sky.
Later on in history, Greeks considered colours only as a science. Hippocrates was
concentrating only on the scientific aspect.
On the other hand, Aristotle studied the theories about light. He discovered that by
mixing two colours to form another colour. Through the experiment, he mixed yellow
and blue colour to get green colour.
3. Colour Theory
In the visual arts, colour theory is a body of practical guidance to colour mixing and
the visual effects of a specific colour combination. There are also definitions of colours
based on the colour wheel: primary colour, secondary colour and tertiary colour.
3.1 Colour Properties
3.1.1 Colour Wheel
A colour wheel or colour circle is an abstract illustrative organization of colour in a circle that
shows relationships between primary colours, secondary colours, and tertiary colours.
4. 3.1.2 Primary Colour
The primary colours normally used are red, yellow, and blue. These three colours also
known as subtractive colours. Subtractive colours are colours that are associated with
reflected light. If all three of the subtractive primary colours were combined together, they
would produce black.
5. 3.1.3 Secondary Colour
Secondary colours are produced by mixing two other primary colours (Red, Yellow, and
Blue) together. When these colours are mixed, they produce three other secondary colours.
These are violet, orange and green.
3.1.4 Tertiary Colour
Tertiary colours are combinations of primary and secondary colours. There are six tertiary
colours which are red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and
red-violet.
6. 4 Colour Harmonious
4.1 Analogous Colour
Analogous colour schemes use colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel.
They usually match well and create serene and
comfortable designs.
4.2 Complementary
Colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel are considered to be
complementary colours (example: red and green).
7. 4.3 Split Complementary
The split-complementary colour scheme is a variation of the complementary colour scheme.
In addition to the base colour, it uses the two colours adjacent to its complement.
4.4 Triad
A triadic colour scheme uses colours that are evenly spaced around the colour wheel.
8. 4.5 Tetrad
The square colour scheme is similar to the rectangle, but with all four colours spaced evenly around
the colour circle.
5 Achromatic Colour
'Achromatic' means' without colour'. All neutral tones from pure white, all shades of pure
grey to pure black are achromatic, but they are not properly called colours.
9. 6 Monochromatic Colour
Monochromatic colours are all the colours (tints, tones, and shades) of a single hue.
6.1 Shades
Adding black to a pure hue
6.2 Tones
Adding grey to a pure hue
6.3 Tints
Adding white to pure hue
10. 7 Colour Psychology
7.1 What is colour psychology
Colour psychology is to study and determine the behaviour of human. Colours are
depending on culture. Colours are form of non-verbal communication. Each colour has
many aspects but we still can easily understand the language of colours.
7.2 Uses of colour psychology
We must have a concept of how colour affects our conscious and subconscious mind. It is
because this can change our life. Colours can inspire us to understand more about ourselves
and to know who you really are. Colours are powerful tool to reflect ourselves. From choice
of clothing colours, the favourite colour of ourselves and so on. These will affect on our
emotions, our mood and our well-being. Besides, colours also depend on culture. For
example, we will not choose black colour in a wedding party. It is because black colour
relates to the hidden, the secretive and unknown, and mystery. If we use black colour in a
wedding party will make people feel uncomfortable and it is not suitable for it.
11. On the other hand, colours also are useful tool in all our business activities too. It is because
every large corporation will select the best colour for their business branding, business
name card, promotional material, their products and their packaging to attract customers.
If we discovered the knowledge of colours, we can empower and enrich our own life giving us self -
confidence and self-understanding. It is able to inspire us to reach our highest potential.
7.3 Colour psychology as therapy
Colour therapy known as chromo therapy, is a type of healing that uses the light and colour
to affect a person’s mood and physical or mental health. As we know, colours can affect our
brain and emotional. For example, blue colour able to calm down our mind but red colour
have the opposite effect
. Next, green colour can be used to relax people who are emotionally unbalanced.
7.4 Colour in my culture
Colour in Chinese culture refers to the colours that are considered auspicious and
inauspicious. For examples, res colour represent auspicious colour and black colour
represent inauspicious colour. In Chinese culture, we normally use red colour during
Chinese New Year and wedding party. It is because red colour symbolizes good fortune and
joy. Besides that, red colour is a traditionally symbolic colour of happiness.
8 What is colour good for
Attracting attention
Improve image quality
Giving us self-confidence
Giving us self-understanding
Inspire us to reach our highest potential
Useful for business activities
Relax our mind
13. 10 Colour That Reflected Myself
“The Ugly Duckling “written by Hans Christian Andersen is a well -known fairy
tale and I convinced that everybody had read this. The story tells us a homely
little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from the others around him until
he matures into a beautiful swan. This greatly reflects the community. Most of the
time, we have to put a greater effort to achieve goal. Due to this reason, I came
out an idea. Everybody know that black symbolized inauspicious colour and
dislike it. In contrast, everyone like white colour because it symbolized clean and
honest.
“The Ugly Duckling” inspired me to find out the colour really can reflect my own.
The colour is black colour. Black is intimidating, unfriendly and unapproachable
because of the power it exudes. Therefore, I choose black swan as the main
character in this painting and it also represented me. Because of its black feathers,
it is different from the others. So that, the others push it away. We can see it clearly
from the painting, the two white swans left the black swan alone.
On the other hand, black colour also implied self-control and discipline,
independence and a strong will, and giving an impression of authority and power.
It’s really reflect what I felt now. Because of something bad happened to me, so
that I have to stand strong and get stronger from every scars. Because I know that
being great at something is going to change it, being a part of something special
makes you special. I believe in myself is special from the others.
Besides, the obvious contrast from this painting is the sky. I separated it in two parts
which are sunny day and cloudy day. As we know, sunny day implied we’re in good
mood but cloudy day will make us feel depressed. Too much black can cause
depression and mood swings and create a negative environment.
14. Furthermore, we can see there’s a lot of blue in the painting. Actually, blue colour
also can reflect myself. Blue is a helper, rescuer. It is defined by the quality and
quantity of its relationships. It is a giver. It likes to build strong trusting relationship
but it becomes deeply hurt if that trust is betrayed. This is exactly me.
Comes to the end, this painting with several colour reflected myself.
