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.
Supervisor
Department
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