About Color
Self Paced Tutorial
Developed by Online-Learning, About Color is a self-paced, downloadable color tutorial
designed to teach you about color, color schemes, the color wheel
and computer color through theory and practical interactive exercises!
This short course contains approximately 50 screens of self-paced,
instruction using a series of interactions, exercises and quizzes.
Learn about color and color schemes through experimentation. The
course is designed so that you can take it without instructor support.
And because you can download the materials, it is yours to keep
forever!
About Color covers these topics:
Definition of color
Using color correctly
Using color improperly
Organizing color (see image at right)
Primary, secondary and tertiary colors
Color schemes
Complementary color schemes
Double complement color schemes
Split complement color schemes
Alternate complement color schemes
Triadic color schemes
Tetrad color schemes
Analogous color schemes
Hue, lightness and saturation
Achromatic color schemes
Monochromatic color schemes
Picking your scheme
Four simple themes
Using a complementary color scheme plus black and white
Using an analogous color scheme plus black and white
Using a monochromatic color scheme plus black and white
Using an achromatic color scheme and an accent color
Experimenting with color schemes (see image below and right)
Color physiology
The effects of warm and cool colors
The effect of contrast
Experimenting with contrast
The effect of color blindness
Color psychology
Align color with your communications objectives
Computer color
Selecting computer colors
Web-safe palette
Bitmap versus vector images
Anti-aliasing
GIFS versus JPEGS
Managing your original files
Experimenting with color schemes
 — Internet Explorer
7 (or higher) or Firefox
— Adobe Flash Player
Workbook [No Instructor Support]:
$10 USD and $10 CDN
The color course is a self-paced, self-study interactive guide.
At the present time, there is no formal testing and therefore we
do not issue a certificate for this course.
Doug Talbott is an online education specialist with over 25 years
of experience in graphic design, interaction design and course design.
He holds several design patents in visual language design and user
interfaces. He is also an eLearning advisor for Online-Learning.com.
Learn more about him by visiting the company
profile page.
We accept check, purchase order, wire transfer or credit card. All
credit card transactions are processed by Internet Secure for your
protection. Once you register, you'll be emailed a userid and password
that you can use to download your own personal copy of the course.
You can be learning about color and color schemes in minutes!
  
    
If for any reason, you are not satisfied with the quality and content
of the About Color course, we will refund your money.
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