Original Color Creation
Interactive color learning
Learn RGB color theory interactively from first principles,
and discover a more satisfying and intuitive way to create with color
Original Color Creation is a unique hands-on approach to working creatively with digital color, adapting traditional artistic color practices for RGB screen output in an interactive approach to working with color.
Original Color Creation is based on the methods of colormixing, which teach how RGB colors are composed from first principles, revealing how all colors are related, unlocking color creativity.
Colormixing is a new way to color; a more elegant system for picking color values, fine-tuning color palettes and creating graphic color creations. By creating a more intuitive link between the eye, the screen, the hand and the mind, the Colormixer interface opens up vast new territories of color exploration and expression.
What will you learn in this course?
The principles of color interaction
You will learn how colors interact with each other, and the interactive methods for creating color compositions.
How to create dynamic color compositions
Learn how to explore and create interesting color combinations, and how to create striking color effects using close harmony and contrast
Color palette creation and variation
How to dynamically create and explore color palettes
Foundational color theory
You will learn artistic RGB screen color theory starting from first principles
The methods of colormixing
Mixing primary, secondary and complex colors, using the RGB+CMY interface
The relationships between all colors
How any and all colors relate to each other
What’s included?
The course consists of
- • 4 modules
- • 31 Videos / 143 minutes
- • 16 Interactive exercises
via the Colormxr web app - • 23 page Reference material PDF
The course is video based; starting with foundation concepts, each module builds progressively, presenting big picture views, key concepts and then application via interactive exercises where you apply what you’ve learned.
The heart of the course is the Colormxr web app, a unique color interface that embodies the concepts of colormixing, allowing for hands-on learning and open-ended color exploration.
Who is this course for?
Aspiring Digital Artists + Designers
Beginners will learn an entire system for working with color, starting from first principles.
Experienced Color Users
Experienced users can leverage their color knowledge and augment what they already know with new methods of working with color.
Color Enthusiasts
The course is accessible to anybody who is interested in learning about color. The only requirement is a desire to learn.
About this course
I’m David Witt, the creator of Original Color Creation, the colormixer interface and the methods of colormixing. I’m an HMI / UX / UI designer with 25+ years experience in visual arts + design.
This project has roots in my MFA research at Parsons School of Design in NYC, where I dove deep into the history of color in art + science, which resulted in the creation of colormixing. I’ve used it in my own work for many years, and I’ve found it to be a fun and compelling tool for playing with color and exploring color interaction and visual perception.
My goal is to bring a better way of working with color out into the world, to help people to break away from the limitations of color pickers and canned palettes, to work with color more intuitively, and enjoying the process of playing with color :)
Join Us!
Course launch: Fall 2024
I promise you will find this course interesting, entertaining and useful. Sign up below, and I’ll keep you in the loop as launch time approaches. Hope to see you there!
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Course content and color exercises
