Color Theory

Designers choose specific colors to use in their design, and we call that a color scheme. Color theory is having the knowledge to mix colors and put colors together in a way that is right for your design. You will spend this week exploring colors all around you!

Research color schemes (monochromatic colors, analogous colors, complementary colors, triadic colors, and split-complementary) and color theory. Create a new blog post that addresses these points:

• define color scheme
• define and show examples of each type of color scheme
• monochromatic
• analogous
• complementary
• triadic
• split-complementary
•  define and show examples of 3 primary, 3 secondary, and 6 tertiary colors

Curious how we'll be using color next week? Check out this blog post from Modern Mechanix to get a preview.

Multi-View Sketching

You’ve practiced different techniques for sketching objects so that they appear to have a three-dimensional quality. These techniques are excellent for quickly communicating ideas to both technical and non-technical people. Those who make their living building ideas require a different type of drawing format. A multi-view sketch, also referred to as an orthographic projection sketch, is the standard sketch format used by engineers to communicate ideas to professionals in the building trades.

Study various objects to identify their surfaces for the top, front, and right side views. Share your multi-view drawings in a post.