Colour in Design

The use of colour is one of the most important and influential tools a designer can have. In some designers work it can set the brand tone and be able to influence its image, draw users' attention and increase usability. Finding the right combination of colours can be tricky and requires some basic knowledge and practice, that is why most designers will research colour palettes and colour schemes to be able to gather inspiration for their work.

Im now going to research some design/designers that have used colour as the primary means of communication within their work.

Muir McNeil

MuirMcNeil was Founded in 2009 by Paul McNeil and Hamish Muir. MuirMcNeil’s activities are focussed on exploring types of systematic and algorithmic methods in type design, graphic design and moving image.

Their style of work is not only appealing on the eye but it is also very unique, below you can see how they displayed three different posters and with the strong use of colour.

Josef Albers

Josef Albers was a German-born artist and educator and he is considered as one of the most influential abstract designers in the twentieth century, as well as an important designer and educator, he was noted for his experimental approach to spatial relationships and the colour theory. within his work he favoured a very disciplined approach to composition, especially in the paintings and prints that make up the series Homage to the Square.

In Class Colour Work

I looked at using Monochromatic, Analogus and complimentary colours within a grid on figma, to get the colours and all there shades i used adobe colour and the colour wheel for me to be able to complete this.

i was also asked to find a picture of no certain music artist and design an iphone 14 sized frame in figma based around the colours involved in the picture.