CDHGraphicDesign

Studying Graphic Design at Noroff. This is a place for my art. Where I publish my reflective journal, work and show my learning curve. Stay tuned.

3.3 (2) Generate Two Different Colour Themes – Colour Theory

As part of my big project I need to create colour theme options for my mood board, which will help me in creating and developing a new book cover for «The Seven Dials Mystery».

After reading, studying and working through the course in Adobe Color – I started doing a lot of research around mysterious colours.

«What kind of colours do we get a mysterious vibe from?»

I used the website Cymbolism to check out association between the word «Mystery» and colours. I went through a lot material in Adobe Color in the explore section to find stock images with palettes that inspired me. Also I worked a long time with adjusting og trying out different palettes.

After much trying and adjusting I found my two candidates for my mood board (MA03) and colour theme for my book cover assignment.

#1 GREEN Colour palette made in Adobe Color.
#1 using that colour palette with a 60 – 30 – 10 ratio and typography to try it out, and find different good combinations. Upper left corner (dark one) was a strong candidate for my book cover colour theme.
#2 BLUE Colour palette made in Adobe Color.
#2 Using that colour palette with a 60 – 30 – 10 ratio and typography here as well. I felt that I found some really good «cold, dark and mysterious» combinations. This is the colour theme i’m going for in my book cover, I might change my mind. But, I really like the vibe from this palette. I want to make a redesign that are more modern and these cold colours will hopefully compliment that.

– CDH

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