Introduction to Colour Psychology: Chromatic Narrative
The color
A course by Sole Otero , Illustrator and Textile Designer
About the video: The color
Overview
“In this lesson we will make a quick review of the most basic theory of color: What color is, how we perceive it, what different ways of classifying color exist and how a chromatic circle is put together.”
In this video lesson Sole Otero addresses the topic: The color, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Colour Psychology: Chromatic Narrative. Learn to understand the symbolism of color and create color palettes that transmit emotions.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] In this lesson we are going to try to define what color is. To us communicationally, the aspect that most interests us is the psychology of color, or be, the meanings that have each color. These meanings are determined by objects of nature that have natural colors and that we relate to various meanings, sometimes they are related to cultural contents that they go developing through time and our history and having to do with places, usages, customs, festivities, characters, etc., and sometimes they are related to individualities, with our own experiences as human beings , there are s...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Colour Psychology: Chromatic Narrative
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Color Theory, Fine Arts, Narrative, Painting, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Sole Otero
A course by Sole Otero
Sole Otero is an illustrator, textile designer, and comic artist. Her graphic novels and children’s books have been published around the world by publishers like La Cúpula or Salamandra Graphic. She was also awarded the FNAC Graphic Novel Award for her book Naftalina.
Color is the most salient feature of her compositions, but she compliments her storytelling by experimenting with words and illustrations. When she’s not creating, she shares her passion for art by teaching classes on expressive mediums, embroidery, knitting, illustration, and comics.
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