While we did not have time to fully address color in yesterday's pin-up, Patrick and I hope you will continue to explore it within your schematic development this week. This can be a difficult layer of detail to specify and, as I'm sure we can all attest to, when left to the end of a project, and a limited selection of markers, the results can be disastrous (i.e. a "giant easter egg of a room" or a "clown explosion" to quote other studio instructors).
I find when choosing a color pallete it helps to begin with an image that evokes a feeling you are trying to portray within your project. Are the colors in the image cool? warm? complimentary? analogous? By studying the image closely, you can begin to better understand what type of colors you are ultimately seeking.
Recently, I found this online tool which can help with the process. As you can see, the tool helps generate a pallete based on any image that inspires (in this case your classmates' bags). While I caution using EVERY color it identifies (which might put you in jeopardy of the "clown explosion" scenerio), I encourage you to give it a try and see what happens.
-suzanne
4 comments:
this looks like an awesome site tool! do you upload images on a site? can you give us the website address? thanks!
This is amazing. It seems a lot better than those paint websites where it just gives you a set palette.
hi whitney-
Yes, you can upload any image you like. If you scroll over "this online tool," a hot link in the bottom paragraph of the post, it will take you directly to the palette generator site.
-suzanne
this is a wonderful website. Definitely worth to be part of the Links of gold. Thanks for the resource.
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