Introduction to Colour Psychology: Chromatic Narrative
Secondary colours
A course by Sole Otero , Illustrator and Textile Designer
About the video: Secondary colours
Overview
“In this lesson we will go on to study secondary colors and their meanings: green, orange, magenta, cyan and violet. ”
In this video lesson Sole Otero addresses the topic: Secondary colours, 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 talk about secondary colors: green, violet and orange, and also, cyan and magenta. Green is obviously related to nature. All the vegetables that grow are green. That's why green is going to talk about youth, of growth and also about immaturity. Green gives us feelings of health, of freshness and also of spring. As the green is at the traffic lights as a forward symbol, also has to do with the approval. In its negative senses the green is related to the putrid and to the poisonous. The monsters are green, the zombies are green, everything inhuman is gre...”
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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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