Color Specialist Courses

SXC 100 Color Theory I: Psychology

0 credits

$290.00

1.8 CEU

Whether your work is corporate or entrepreneurial, product-driven or media-related, the ability to harness the power of color is essential to success. Color the foremost element crossing all market boundaries impacts point of sale and consumer satisfaction. Explore color as an extraordinary visual and sensory stimulus. Learn how color choice can affect personality, product sales, and home environments. Cultural and social issues relating to color are discussed.

Information regarding textbooks and other required supplies will be available at the first class.

Instructor: Margaret A. Miele, assistant professor, Social Sciences; education director, the InterSociety Color Council.

SPRING
6 sessions: (55A) February 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23; (55B) April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11

CRN	Section	Day	Time	Location
10175	55A	T	6:00 pm-9:00 pm	TBA
10618	55B	T	6:00 pm-9:00 pm	TBA

SXC 210 Color Theory Basics: Moving from Art to Science

0 credits

$250.00

1.2 CEU

As a professional who works with color, do you know all the catchy names but need help communicating color attributes effectively? Learn to avoid mistakes by fostering an understanding and usage of color vocabulary that will ensure that the colors you specify are the colors you receive. Aspects of professional-level color technology are introduced, including lighting, illuminants, and color measurement instruments. Industry-accepted color notation is emphasized, along with color technology software. Learn to develop and implement a cohesive color management program through both lecture and hands-on work.

Instructor: David C. Albrecht, senior partner, DCD Advanced Technologies.

WINTERIM
4 sessions: (55A) January 12, 19, 26, February 2

CRN	Section	Day	Time	Location
3140	55A	T	6:00 pm-9:00 pm	TBA

SPRING
4 sessions: (55A) April 6, 13, 20, 27

CRN	Section	Day	Time	Location
12625	55A	T	6:00 pm-9:00 pm	TBA

SXC 300 Color Theory III: Color Through the Eyes of the Modern Artist

0 credits

$290.00

1.8 CEU

Broaden your color sense and find inspiration by examining the work of great colorists from Impressionism to the present day. Learn about artists' techniques, what motivated their color choices, and how the colors they chose create a variety of moods. Artists' writings about color will also be discussed, as will the color theories of their times. The course covers the work of the Impressionists, Neo-Impressionists, van Gogh, Gauguin, Fauves, German Expressionists, Matisse and Picasso, Kandinsky and Mondrian, Abstract Expressionists, Color Field painters, and Op artists, among others.

Recommended reading: Gage, Color and Meaning: Art, Science and Symbolism. Two Friday sessions are held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.

Instructor: Dr. Trudie Grace, adjunct assistant professor, History of Art and Civilization.

SPRING
6 sessions: (55A) April 14, 21, 23, 28, 30, May 5

CRN	Section	Day	Time	Location
10177	55A	W F	6:00 pm-9:00 pm	TBA