When it comes to using colors, you don't need to know anything about color theory to produce good results. And, with years of professional experience behind me, today I am even more emphatic when I say, "Know color theory!" I am still fascinated by the magical ability color has to deceive and delight us with each new design. By the time I begin my second semester, I had gone from whining, "No color theory," to enthusiastically saying, "Know color theory!" He also opened my mind to the benefits of learning color theory. By the end of my first semester, I understood what Josef Albers meant when he said, "Color class prepares us to be fooled." I had already been deceived by color many times that semester.Īlbers goal in developing his teaching method outlined in the Interactions of Color was "to open eyes" to seeing color, and with me, he achieved that goal. It can trick us because the same color can look different depending on what colors are around it.
I discovered that every color is like a chameleon that changes based on its surroundings. It took several more classes, but once we started working on the interaction of colors, I gradually got interested in learning more about color theory. I want to say I was immediately captivated, but I wasn't. I missed the first part of the lecture because all I could hear in my head was my voice repeatedly whining, "No color theory!"įinally, with no other option, I shut off the internal dialogue and reluctantly turned my attention to the instructor. The curriculum required me to study color theory two times each week for 15 weeks plus spend countless hours outside of class, completing the assignments, and this was only the first of four courses. Then the instructor arrived, and within the first few minutes, I discover that the Color and Design course was just another name for Color Theory class. I was ready to create something amazing and couldn't wait to get started. I remember the first day of my very first design class. By the time I set off for university to study design, I had no interest in color theory.
The compliments continued to pour in through my teen years. As a kid, everyone loved the colors I put together. While I have always loved color, I have not always loved color theory, nor did I see a need for it.
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