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Color Theory Basics: Learning Color Theory with Adobe Color

10 points by QOmedia 7y ago

shaftway 7y ago
I was intrigued, so I started the class. And I immediately ran into the problem I feel like I run into with any online education thing like Udemy; people without an applicable background trying to pass themselves off as knowledgeable. > So what we have here, these are known as the primary colors. So we have blue, red, and yellow [screen shows two near-identical shades of blue, two very similar shades of yellow, and something that's very close to red]. And the primary colors are the base color for every color that we know. Any combination of these is going to create any color in existence. That's why they're called the primary colors. So right off the bat we're perpetuating the preschool red/yellow/blue primary color myth. I expected at least a hat tip to primary colors of light (RGB), print (CMY) or something relative to color in a professional sphere.
- Doxin 7y ago
  Neither RGB nor CMY can actually create any color, the color space is limited. Add to that the complex interactions pigments can have with light and you're off into the woods.
- QOmedia 7y ago
  Hey thanks for the comment. I appreciate all feedback and I am sorry you didn't enjoy the course. I agree there is always more and deeper information on a subject like color theory. You can easily spend hours debating RYB, RGB, and CMY. Also how we should use color models depending on how our audience is viewing whatever media we created. But this course is meant to be a basics course. In general most people have been exposed to RYB. That makes it the best place to start for beginners, mainly because its familiar to them. For most people RYB is going to give them everything that they need to get started. I agree if this course was an intermediate or advance course then yes, going into detail about different color models would be required. But this course is meant to be a less than one hour easy first step into color for art and design. Again I am sorry that you did not enjoy the course but I do appreciate the points that you made.

10 points by QOmedia 7y ago

I was intrigued, so I started the class. And I immediately ran into the problem I feel like I run into with any online education thing like Udemy; people without an applicable background trying to pass themselves off as knowledgeable. > So what we have here, these are known as the primary colors. So we have blue, red, and yellow [screen shows two near-identical shades of blue, two very similar shades of yellow, and something that's very close to red]. And the primary colors are the base color for every color that we know. Any combination of these is going to create any color in existence. That's why they're called the primary colors. So right off the bat we're perpetuating the preschool red/yellow/blue primary color myth. I expected at least a hat tip to primary colors of light (RGB), print (CMY) or something relative to color in a professional sphere.

Doxin 7y ago
Neither RGB nor CMY can actually create any color, the color space is limited. Add to that the complex interactions pigments can have with light and you're off into the woods.
QOmedia 7y ago
Hey thanks for the comment. I appreciate all feedback and I am sorry you didn't enjoy the course. I agree there is always more and deeper information on a subject like color theory. You can easily spend hours debating RYB, RGB, and CMY. Also how we should use color models depending on how our audience is viewing whatever media we created. But this course is meant to be a basics course. In general most people have been exposed to RYB. That makes it the best place to start for beginners, mainly because its familiar to them. For most people RYB is going to give them everything that they need to get started. I agree if this course was an intermediate or advance course then yes, going into detail about different color models would be required. But this course is meant to be a less than one hour easy first step into color for art and design. Again I am sorry that you did not enjoy the course but I do appreciate the points that you made.