Color is the Primary Customer Purchasing Motivator
Designers and merchandisers embark on an 8-week certificate program that cultivates their ability to use color to increase sales with an understanding of consumer behavior. Work hands-on developing professional palettes to coordinate a collection and/or make confident merchandising decisions.
This certificate program includes a panel discussion by industry experts who work with color in their fields, career coaching, and a special session conducted by a top trend expert. Visits and demos include FIT’s unique color facilities. *Students should expect to purchase some workshop-related materials assigned at the first class and bring a color wheel by The Color Wheel Co beginning with the first class of the program.
Fall 2019 Dates
SXC 110-55A: October 15 - December 10, 2019
Time: Every Tuesday and Wednesday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Tuition: $1,500* (cost includes a $100 materials fee)
Locations: SR5: Oct 15, 16, 22, 29, 30, Nov 5, 6, 13, 20, Dec 4, 10, D506: Oct 23, C501: Nov 12, 19, 26, Dec 3
What You Will Learn
- How color impacts branding and purchasing decisions, including subliminal messaging
- How to use color as a creative competitive tool
- Color psychology in today’s multi-cultural market
- Professional color vocabulary, resources, and guides
- Create color palettes, combinations, and stories
- How to use color as a mood and appearance enhancer
- The art and science of color forecasting
- Possible career paths and advancement
Why FIT?
- Program developed and taught by professional color experts and offers the only comprehensive curriculum for use of color as a marketing tool
- FIT has the distinction of having faculty who are color specialists in many markets including apparel, accessories, home products, interior design, marketing and communications; as well as psychology, sociology, and art history
- The FIT Gladys Marcus Library trend forecasting resources and the Textile Development and Marketing Department Archroma laboratory
- Earn a certificate from FIT/SUNY, a world renowned college of art and design, business and technology
Meet Our Faculty
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Deborah Hernandez Certificate facilitator, owner, design director, DLHernandez INC, custom rug design, rug stylist, consultant, adjunct assistant professor, certified color specialist, Textile Surface Design, FIT, member IFDA NYC Chapter. |
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Tonya Blazio-Licorish Fashion and textile historian, design and trend consultant. |
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Patti Carpenter Global trend ambassador, principal, carpenter+company, international color authority and brand consultant, designer and merchandiser. |
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Ben Gomes President, CFS Trends, internationally recognized color authority and trend forecaster. |
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Betsy Karp Principal, “The Color Coach”, motivational speaker, author and designer. |
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Dennis Lee Design director, Tyler Hall, wallcovering and fabrics, custom art studio hand painted designer, adjunct assistant professor, Textile Surface Design/Fabric Styling, FIT. |
Outline
4 sessions: How to Use Color to Move the Market: Design Concept to the Customer’s
Closet
4 sessions: Learn to Work Like a Color Professional
4 sessions: Color Painting Studio
2 sessions: The Psychological Impact of Color
1 session: Color Trend Forecasting and Today’s Customer
1 session: Color Careers
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