This course will provide students with a background in colour theory as it relates to interior design including colour schemes. The class consists of lectures, discussions and in-class exercises through individual and group work. Topics will include the physics of colour, colour theories, physiology of colour, psychology of colour, colour in art, focusing on the application of colour in residential design.
Mandatory Prerequisites 50% in COMM 1120 65% in INTD 1100 No class, Monday February 18th – Family Day. If you wish to be placed on the INTD Department maintained waitlist for this course, please email INTD_Waitlist@bcit.ca with the following information: Your Name, Student Number, Course Number, and CRN.
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Mandatory Prerequisites 50% in COMM 1120 65% in INTD 1100 If you wish to be placed on the INTD Department maintained waitlist for this course, please email INTD_Waitlist@bcit.ca with the following information: Your Name, Student Number, Course Number, and CRN.
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In Progress and Full
Spring/Summer 2019
Below are three offerings of this course for the Spring/Summer 2019 term.
Mandatory Prerequisites 50% in COMM 1120 65% in INTD 1100 If you wish to be placed on the INTD Department maintained waitlist for this Course, please email INTD_Waitlist@bcit.ca with the following information: your Name, Student Number, Course Number, and CRN.
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Mandatory Prerequisites 50% in COMM 1120 65% in INTD 1100 If you wish to be placed on the INTD Department maintained waitlist for this Course, please email INTD_Waitlist@bcit.ca with the following information: your Name, Student Number, Course Number, and CRN.
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This class is held on Wednesdays from 9:00-1600. **There is no late registration for this course. Students must attend the first class. Mandatory Prerequisites 50% in COMM 1120 65% in INTD 1100 If you wish to be placed on the INTD Department maintained waitlist for this Course, please email INTD_Waitlist@bcit.ca with the following information: your Name, Student Number, Course Number, and CRN. No Class will be held on June 5th - Professional Development Day.
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Full
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Apply colour harmonies to design solutions.
Discuss the perception of colour in different contexts to reliably predict the results of colour usage.
Utilize the psychological and physiological effects of colour as a tool for creating a specific ambience.
Employ colour, texture, and pattern in a design with an understanding of the importance of balance distribution and value throughout the space.
Assemble a colour and material visual presentation to articulate a colour scheme in a clear and professional manner.
Create a harmonious colour palette for a given space.
Identify the value and intensity of a given hue.
Analyze the differences between tints, tones, and shades.
Write a concept statement pertaining to a colour scheme.
Describe the additive and subtractive colour wheel and the colour relationships.
Explain the scientific, historical, aesthetic, and psychological aspects of colour.
Effective as of Fall 2015
Related Programs
INTD 2130 is offered as a part of the following programs:
Books for Winter 2019 offerings of this course are available in the following BCIT
online bookstores. Please choose the bookstore appropriate for the offering
you are considering.
BCIT Burnaby Bookstore
If you are taking this course, but are not taking it through either Distance
Education or Online Learning, nor at the BCIT Downtown Campus (DTC), please purchase books for this course at the BCIT Burnaby Bookstore.
Color + Design
Author
Reed
Publisher
Fairchild
Copyright
2017
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
978-1-50131-678-4
Price
$137.95
Required
Understanding Color: An Introduction
Author
Holtzschue
Copyright
2017
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
978-1-11892-078-7
Price
$84.50
Optional
Spring/Summer 2019
Books for Spring/Summer 2019 offerings of this course are available in the following BCIT
online bookstores. Please choose the bookstore appropriate for the offering
you are considering.
BCIT Burnaby Bookstore
If you are taking this course, but are not taking it through either Distance
Education or Online Learning, nor at the BCIT Downtown Campus (DTC), please purchase books for this course at the BCIT Burnaby Bookstore.
Color + Design
Author
Reed
Publisher
Fairchild
Copyright
2017
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
978-1-50131-678-4
Price
$137.95
Required
Understanding Color: An Introduction
Author
Holtzschue
Copyright
2017
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
978-1-11892-078-7
Price
$84.50
Optional
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