Composition and Colour TheoryLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

The student is able to use image concepts in his/her work. The student utilises principles of colour theory and composition both in theory and in practise. She/he is able to communicate through composition, colours and elements when producing images. The student is able to analyse and interpret images made by others and justify both his own solutions as well as others' solutions with the help of communicational purposes, concepts and theories. The student explores cultural and psychological meanings colours bear when when they carry messages. He/she takes into account challenges of colour perception and interaction in his/her own work. He/she also understands the difference between additive and subtractive colour bleeding.

Content

-picture as a message
-basic elements of a picture and composition
-picture structure analysis
-fysiological, psychological and cultural dimensions of colours
-colour perception and colour interaction
-central colour theories
-additive and subtractive colour bleeding