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Color Theory for Graphic Design

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X427 (1 semester unit in Design)

(Formerly Color Theory I)

An elective in the Professional Sequence in Graphic Design

Based on Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color, this workshop includes exercises in color intensity and brightness, transparency, color intervals, mixtures and other perceptual effects. Lectures, demonstrations and exercises explore the effects that color has on people and the environment. This course is ideal if you want to understand color relationships and human perception.

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