LA week 7 – Colour Theory – Q1

Question 1
Research and written assignment (3 hours)

• Having watched the video with Nigel French – describe, in your own words, what each of these colour systems means: RGB and CMYK.
• Make use of Adobe Colour and develop four different colour schemes. Please hand in screenshots of your schemes:
  • Monochromatic
  • Complementary
  • Triadic
  • Analogous

RGB stands for Red, Green and Blue. RGB is the color system used for onscreen media. RGB is the additive colour method and it appears brighter.

CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (or rather Key). CMYK is the colour system used in printing. CMYK is the subtractive colour method.

Monochromatic colour scheme:

Complementary colour scheme:

Triadic colour scheme:

Analogous colour schemes: