Course detail

Color Composition

FSI-YN1 Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester

The course introduces students to the basics of color theory, which are applied in industrial design, through practical composition exercises. It is about the perception of surface and spatial color, color combinatorics, color illusiveness and the harmony of colors with the concept of the proposed design.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Prerequisites

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The study programmes with the given course

Programme B-PDS-P: Industrial Design, Bachelor's
branch ---: no specialisation, 2 credits, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Studio work

26 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

1st task, color composition on the theme of warm and cold colors
Temperature contrast, color perspective
2nd task, color composition on the topic of simultaneous contrast
Meaning of complementary colors
3rd task, color solution of the design proposal from the subject YDE
Color variants, color compatibility with the design concept, materials used, production technologies, marketing, user and safety requirements
Color logic of a single product and a complete product line
Color trends in 20th and 21st century design
Surface treatment of spatial models and sketches, sealants, paints