Colour Theory - Pantone...

We discussed; colour theory, colour wheels, primary colour, tertiary, hue & saturation etc...

Everyone had collected 5tones of colours, consisting of; red, green, blue, orange, yellow and violet.

After arranging the colours into groups, our aim became to merge the colours, creating a colour wheel. This meant; yellows blended with greens, greens blended with blue etc...this really got us thinking in terms of how we compare and differentiate colours. 

We were then given access to a Pantone colour guide..."The Pantone Colour Matching System is largely a standardized colour reproduction system. By standardizing the colors, different manufacturers in different locations can all refer to the Pantone system to make sure colours match without direct contact with one another" wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantone

In groups of 4/5 people, We chose a central colour and subcategorised 3 other purple items in order, using TINT, HUE and SHADE.

Using a PANTONE colour guide we where able to match each colour and give the colour their own COLOUR CODE. The results were as follows...

PRIMARY

DE188-3C

HUE                           

DE224-7C

DE223-8C

DE200-4C

SHADE

DE190-1C

DE188-1C

DE1951C

TINT

DE176-9C

DE152 - 9C

DE152 - 5C

As a way of becoming more familiar with Pantone, we were asked to identify our Favourite colours. After all...Your not a Graphic Designer until you have a favourite Pantone Colour.

You can find these colours on the following website...www.pantone.co.uk and in an earlier post.

• Orange = 16-1359 TCX ORANGE PEEL
• Violet = 17-2624 TCX ROSE VIOLET
• Yellow = 14-0837 TCX MISTED YELLOW
• Blue =  19-4057 TPX TRUE BLUE
• Red = 18-1664 TPX FIERY RED
• Green = 16-6339 TPX VIBRANT GREEN

Using Paper and certain objects, I looked at contrasts in Hue, Tone, Saturation, extension and temperature.

Simultaneous contrast :

Merging of colors - High chromatic against low.