DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
SYLLABUS and COURSE OUTLINE
College of the Canyons – Santa Clarita Community College District,
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355
COURSE TITLE Applied Color for Designers
ID-102
Section 23483
Days M.W.
10:35am-12:55pm
Classroom Mentry 223
Fall 2016
Units 3
Instructor Dorothy Minarsch
Office Hours M.T.W. TH 8:15 AM to 9:00 AM
Email [email protected]
Mentry 214
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Focuses on color concepts through two- and three-dimensional design problems, theory and application of color in design
and/or digital illustration. Concentrates on color systems and psychology, and appropriate color choices for various projects.
Field trips may be required.
Student Learning Outcome (SLO)
Lecture:
Analyze the psychological impact of color on humans in a variety of environments
Select color combinations for residential and commercial applications including visual merchandising
Lab:
Create 2-D and/or 3-D presentation to convey design solutions in a professional and appropriate manner.
1. Color Messages and Meanings, A Pantone Resource Book
by Leatrice Eiseman. Publisher: Handbooks Press (purchase
the most current edition) ISBN 978-0-9714010-6-8
2. Color In Interior Design by John Pile Published in 1997
(try to find a used one) Publisher: McGraw Hill. ISBN 9780070501652
Grades will be based on letter and percentage grades given for projects, assignments, quizzes, and class participation. The grading
scale is based on points:
A = 90-100
B = 80-89
C = 70-79
D = 60-69
F = 59 and below
Grades are based on a point system. Depending on the size and complexity of the assignment, the value of the points may not
be equal.
Assignment 1
10 pts (30 % of overall semester grade - Color Wheel)
Assignment 2
10 pts (5 % of overall semester grade - Neutralization)
Assignment 3
10 pts (5 % of overall semester grade - Value or Chroma)
Assignment 4
10 pts (5 % of overall semester grade - Manipulate)
Assignment 5
10 pts (5 % of overall semester grade - Marketing )
Assignment 6
10 pts (5 % of overall semester grade - Shibui) 10 pts
10 pts 15 % of overall semester grade - Color Schemes)
Assignment 7
20 pts (20 % of overall semester grade - Color Duplication)
Participation * 10 pts (10 pts – to participate, you need to attend all classes to receive the full 10%)
Total
100 pts
SCHEDULE (Subject to change at instructors discretion as necessary)
Anxiety and Stress
Life in general can be stressful. If you are feeling stress or anxiety, please address it early so you can perform to the best of your
abilities and feel confident of your efforts. Feel free to talk to me about any assignments for clarification or just help. If you
have other issues and need to talk to a counselor then you can go to the Health Center office in room S-122 of the Student
Center, phone number 661-362-3259 they will be happy to assist you for free.”
Field trips:
Field trips may be considered part of the course and are counted towards class attendance if the field trip is conducted during class
time. Students who are unable to attend the field trip shall be assigned an activity or assignment to be prepared in the TLC lab
during the field trip course time. Students are to conduct themselves as a professional representative of the college when
attending fieldtrips. If you are a minor, you must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
Student Conduct/ Academic Integrity:
As at any academic institution, you are required to conduct yourself as a professional and courteous student. Any act of
plagiarism, cheating, disrespect towards other students, etc. will be disciplined to the utmost degree by college rules and
standards. Please keep all cell phones on vibrate. College policy dictates that no food and or beverages will be permitted in the
classroom. You may bring in capped bottles and keep them under your desk, but must recycle any empty bottles. No
smoking, tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaporizers or other paraphernalia are permitted in the classroom.
Classes with a lab component: Students are responsible for cleaning their work surface after each class so that the next student using
that desk doesn’t have to clean up after you. All cutting must be done on a cutting mat (not directly on the drafting tables).
Drafting board surfaces must be protected with your cutting mat or cardboard when coloring, painting or gluing. Any spray
painting must be done at home or outside a minimum of 25’ away from any building or sidewalks.
Late assignments: will be accepted for up to one week after the due date and penalized one full letter grade. There are no
exceptions without a valid excuse.
Drop Policy: It is at the discretion of the instructor to drop/withdraw a student for non-attendance after the third absence.
Students who arrive late or leave early will be listed as tardy. Three tardies is equal to one absence. Arriving late and leaving early
is equal to two absences. If the drop or withdraw deadline is missed and the student’s name remains on the role sheet yet the
student continues to miss class, the student will be awarded an F or FW (fail or fail due to not withdrawing).
Materials: Purchase one 1-1/2” 3-ring binder with tabs for notes/handouts, assignments, tests and grading sheets. This is so you
can stay organized throughout the semester.
Important: Label all of your tools, supplies and textbooks with your name prior to bringing to class since these items may look
exactly like supplies owned by other students.
wk-1
wk-2
8/22 & 8/24
8/29& 8/31
wk-8
wk-9
10/10 & 10/12
wk-3
9/5 & 9/7
LABOR DAY
9/5
wk-10
wk-4
wk-5
wk-6
wk-7
9/12 & 9/14
9/19 & 9/21
9/26 & 9/28
10/3 & 10/5
wk-11
wk-12
wk-13
wk-14
11/7 & 11/9
11/14 & 11/16
11/21 & 11/23
10/17 & 10/19 10/24 & 10/26 10/31 & 11/2
Wk -15
11/28 & 11/30
SCHEDULE (Subject to change at instructors discretion as necessary)
FINALS WEEK-12/5 & 12/7 (PICK UP FINAL)
Week 1
AUGUST 22
LECTURE: Introduction and course requirements
Course structure: lecture/lab - 3 units (2 units = 2 hours of lecture time and 1 unit = 3 hours of lab time)
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Syllabus
 Print syllabus, assignments, and handouts
 Read course outline, and syllabus
 Review upcoming class before we meet so you are prepared for each class
 Syllabus may change due to unexpected circumstances
o Navigating the ID/ARCHT website and printing from the website
o Textbook
 Mandatory reading and buying textbook/renting
o Labs
 Time to build your portfolio
o Supplies - see Handouts link
 Paper plates (waxy/shiny/plastic)
 Paint (no compromise)
 Primaries – Neutrals – Tube of either green or orange
 Canvas (one large and three small)
 Tracing paper
 Mini color wheel (is it important to own?)
 Color Aid Paper cost
o Color corrected light fixture for working at home (since this is a night class)
o 7 assignments (see outline of assignments and percentage of grade value above)
Break: 10 minutes
LECTURE: Application and use of color for designers
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Design professionals - who uses color
 ALL ARTISTS
 Interior Designers, Architects, TV and Film Industry, Fashion, Fine Art, Graphic
Designers
o Color Trends / Color Marketing Group
 http://www.colormarketing.org/
 http://patternscolorsdesign.wordpress.com/category/latest-trends/
 http://www.specsspaces.com/
Self-guided field trip: Norton Simon Museum of Art – Pasadena (will discuss further on August 29) free with student
ID
Reading:
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Pile: Ch. 1 and 3 and
Pantone: pg. 6-9
Purchase your supplies immediately, and bring to Feb. 11 th class
SCHEDULE (Subject to change at instructors discretion as necessary)
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AUGUST 24
LECTURE: Wave Theory and Spectrum Analysis
Additive Colors - Light Spectrum
o Subtractive Colors - pigment/ink
 Test for color blindness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWyrp3hu4KE&feature=related
 Vocabulary: Hue, primary, secondary, tertiary, and intermediate
 Supplies: be sure to buy supplies and bring to next class meeting
 Reading:
o Pantone: pg 10,11 & 16
o Pile: chapter 4
o Purchase your supplies immediately, and bring to August 31st class
Week 2
AUGUST 29
LECTURE: Color Systems: Munsell, Itten, Ostwald
 Lab: Supply kit, brush cleaning maintenance, protecting your work, canvas board, and making graphite paper.
 Self-guided Field trip: Norton Simon Museum of Art (free to students with valid ID)
o 411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105
o 626-449-6840
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www.nortonsimon.org
Visit: http://www.nortonsimon.org/visitor
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You must submit your stub to the museum with a photograph of you in the BACK GARDEN (not the front of
the museum).
Turning in assignments in folder: how and where to turn in
Folder with ticket stub, picture of you in the back garden. Go after week 8 of semester: due Nov. 28th.
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Reading
o Pile Ch. 5
o Bring your large canvas board with supplies to the next class
AUGUST 31
LAB: Begin Assignment 1A Color Wheel
 Make graphite paper, trace wheel onto large canvas board
 THIS COLOR WHEEL IS YOUR MID-TERM!!! due –Oct. 12th
Week 3
September 5 /LABOR DAY
September 7
LECTURE/Lab: Color Wheel
 Lecture: Primary / secondary / tertiary / quaternary hues
 Lab: mix paints to create orange, red-orange, and red-red-orange
 How to prevent from running out of yellow paint
 (MAKE EXTRA PAINT OF EACH HUE AND SAVE IN SMALL CONTAINERS)
 You have the option of making paint during class time, storing in your pods, and painting the wheel at home
o Homework: Paint in your yellow-orange, yellow-orange-orange, yellow-yellow-orange
Week 4
September 12
LAB: Color Wheel – green/yellow-green/yellow-yellow-green/yellow-green-green
o Homework: complete this section at home
SCHEDULE (Subject to change at instructors discretion as necessary)
September 14
Lab: Color Wheel
 Paint blue-green/blue-green-green/blue-blue-green
o Homework: complete this section at home
Week 5
September 19
Lab: Color Wheel
 Purple/blue-purple/blue-blue-purple/blue-purple
o Homework: complete this section at home
September 21
LECTURE: Tints and Shades
Lab: Tints
 In class red, red-red orange
o Homework: red-orange, red-orange-orange
Week 6
September 26
Lab: Tints
 In class: yellow-orange-orange, yellow-orange
o Homework: yellow-yellow-orange, yellow-yellow-green
September 28
Lab: Shades - Reds, oranges
o Homework: yellows, greens
Week 7
October 3
Lab: Shades
 Blues, purples
o Homework - Finish off wheel as needed
o Make sure you bring complementary paint to class – either green or orange
o Bring your smaller (9x11) canvas board, and paint supplies...brushes and so on
October 5
Lecture: Saturation / Neutralization Assignment 2 Due: October 17
Lab: Design a simple pattern and neutralize
 Begin to neutralize red and green or blue and orange. See "Student Gallery" for examples
o Homework:
Read online handout “Symbolism - Impact of Specific Hues” (this is NOT on Blackboard. It is on the class
"handouts"
Week 8
October 10
Lab: Neutralization
o Homework: complete assignment 1 and 2
o Bring 9x11 canvas to next class)
October 12
Due: Assignment 1 – Color Wheel – Critique
Lecture: Constant Value or Constant Chroma – Assignment 3 due Oct. 24
See web site “Student Gallery” for constant value and constant Chroma samples using paper, but you will use paint
o Homework: complete assignment
SCHEDULE (Subject to change at instructors discretion as necessary)
Week 9
October 17
Due: Assignment 2 - critique
Lab: Constant Value or Constant Chroma
o Homework: Read online handout "History of Color" (this is NOT on Blackboard but on the class "handouts" link)
October 19
Lecture: Manipulating Color – Assignment 4 due Oct. 31
Lab: Distribute paper: Manipulation
Week 10
October 24
Due: Assignment 3
Lab: Manipulate Color
October 26
Lecture: Advance and Recede Power Point Presentation
Lecture: Symbolism and Psychology of color parts 1-4
 Healing with Color and eye fatigue
 Key 1 and Key 2
o Homework: Read –
 Pantone pg. 13, 15, 18-63, 120, 121
o Pile: Ch.11 pages 141-142, Ch. 12 & 13
Week 11
October 31 due Assignment 4
Lecture: Marketing with Color
o Advertising: Retail outlets, showrooms, offices, schools, health care, churches, libraries
o Industrial facilities, fast food restaurants
o Review Assignment 5- (Marketing with color) due November 14
o Homework - self-guided teams: minimum of 3 to max. of 5 per team
November 2
Lecture: Assignment 6: due Nov. 21 (Shibui and color schemes)
 How to develop a Shibui from nature
 Color Schemes from art, and color wheel
Lab: Shibui
Lab: Color Schemes Assignment 6, due Nov. 21
Find textiles, carpet, paint chips, woods, glass etc. for this assignment
o Homework: Continue working on Assignment 6
Week 12
November 7
Lab Continue working on Assignment 6
November 9
 Finalize and turn in Assignment 6
Week 13
November 14 Due: Assignment 5 – Marketing Survey
Lecture/Lab: Assignment 7 – due Dec. 5
 Color Duplication
November 16
 Work on final: lab
SCHEDULE (Subject to change at instructors discretion as necessary)
Week 14
November 21 Due: Assignment 6 (Shibui and color schemes)
 Work on final: lab
November 23
 No class due to Happy Thanksgiving
Week 15
November 28 Due – Norton Simon - Museum Assignment
Final lab
November 30
Lab: Assignment 7
Week 16
December 5: Final due
Dec. 7, Pick up final
SCHEDULE (Subject to change at instructors discretion as necessary)