Color Applied to Graphic Design
A course by Leire y Eduardo , Professors of Graphic Design
Learn the communicative value of color and apply it to your design projects
- Best seller Spanish with subtitles in English
- 99% positive reviews (467)
- 7128 students
Learn the communicative value of color and apply it to your design projects
Look around you, color is everywhere! As an integral part of daily life, it can play a fundamental role in graphic design and visual communication. In this online course, Leire Fernández and Eduardo Herrera, university professors, researchers, and experts in graphic design, teach you about the attributes and versatility of color applied to this discipline.
Following your teachers' analytical and practical approach, learn to appreciate and understand the communicative value of color to make designs with strong visual impact.
What will you learn in this online course?
24 lessons & 39 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (467)
- 7128 students
- 24 lessons (4h 59m)
- 39 additional resources (29 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Complete a series of color-analysis exercises on different graphic designs to develop a color proposal for a personal project or that of another person.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Designers, illustrators, photographers, visual artists, art and design teachers, and anyone who is looking for the most effective way to communicate ideas through color.
Requirements and materials
Basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator is recommended, but not essential.
As for materials, you need a computer with these or similar design programs to create your final project.
Reviews
A course by Leire y Eduardo
Leire Fernández has a doctorate in fine arts and is a professor of graphic design at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Among her subjects, she specializes in editorial design, visual identity, and design professionalization and management.
Eduardo Herrera has a doctorate in fine arts and is a professor of graphic design at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Among his subjects, he specializes in editorial design, typography, and visual identity.
Together they co-direct the graphic design and typography research group Letraz at the UPV/EHU. Both have published multiple books, most notably Diseño de cubiertas de libros: Recursos de retórica visual (Editorial Síntesis), Un proceso creativo en el diseño gráfico de carteles (Servicio Editorial - UPV/EHU), and Historias que marcan: Origen y significado de 50 marcas gráficas (Editorial GG).
Throughout their careers, they've collaborated on graphic design projects in a variety of fields, mainly in publishing, typography, poster design, and corporate visual identity, which have earned them awards such as the Klap Platinum award for the best font design, the Anuaria de Oro for the best design of an editorial publication, the Juan de Yciar Award for editorial quality, and the Letra de Plata in visual and graphic communication for the best coverage of an event.
They also organize and teach numerous courses, workshops, and conferences, including the Taller de Diseño Gráfico de los Cursos de Verano at the UPV/EHU in San Sebastián, as well as the Congreso de Diseño Gráfico and the Jornadas de Caligrafía in Arantzazu.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What will we do in the course
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U2
Previous considerations about color and graphic design
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Color and communication
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Harmony
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Contrast
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A functional color classification
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U3
Denotative function of color: the world of representation
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Naturalistic color
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Exalted color
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Expressionist color
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Fancy color
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U4
Connotative function of color: the world of psychological and symbolic evocations
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Psychological color
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Symbolic color
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Red, orange and yellow colors
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Green and blue colors
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Violet color
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Brown, white, black and gray colors
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Pastel and metallic colors
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U5
Signal function of color: the world of coding and functionality
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Schematic color
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Signal color
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Flagship color
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U6
Study of cases
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Analysis of personal projects
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Analysis of personal projects 2
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Cómo valorar una propuesta de color
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FP
Final project
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The color applied to graphic design
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alineescobar13
Me resulto muy enriquecedor, que increíble que haya personas tan capacitadas y tan estudiadas con fundamentos sólidos que estén dispuestos a compartir sus conocimientos, sin duda foortalecen a toda la industria creativa. Gracias
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saraistr
E iniciado inmediatamente a estudiar el curso, quiero aprender a realizar mejores identidades visuales para marcas y me a parecido interesante la manera en que Leire y Eduardo explican la importancia del color. Explican de una manera clara y metódica, no he terminado el curso pero la forma de hablar que han usado para explicar la unidad 2 me hizo querer continuar con la tercera unidad. Recomendado totalmente para quien como yo, esta aprendiendo desde cero la importancia del color.
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czajak
Plusmuy interesante y fuinsional
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hola
muy buen curso
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l_frank
¡Excelente curso!
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