Introduction

Status: ✔️ Done

This is a course that I’m taking on April of 2024 about the usage of Color Theory on Level Design. My intentions is to level up the quality of my work with colors and my understanding on how to create a good color pallet

Section 1 - Introduction to Color Psychology

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This section presents each color from the spectrum, plus white and black, their effect on us and the representation of it.

• 1. Red
• 2. Blue
• 3. Yellow
• 4. Green
• 5. Purple
• 6. Orange
• 7. Black
• 8. White

Section 2 - Different Color Schemes

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• 1. Color Terminology
• 2. Monochrome Colors
• 3. Achromatic
• 4. Analagous
• 5. Complementary
• 6. Polychromatic
• 7. Triadic

A good friend recommend reading a book called “Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter Vol. 2” to expand more about color schemes. He also recommended reading this article called How a film Color Palette Can Make You a Better Filmmaker

Section 3 - Color Theory in Level Design

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• 1. Different Functions of Color in Games
• 2. Different Palettes
• Exercise: Bioshock 3 - Scene Analysis
• 3. Color as an Identifier
• 4. Glyphs and Neutrals
• 5. Color Layouts
• 6. Using 2 Color Identifiers
• 7. Using 3 or More Color Identifiers
• 8. Content Variation
• 9. Creating your own Palettes

Recommendation for this module:

• Color Theory in Level Design - Valve Wiki
• Design Study: Josef Albers & Color Relativity

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Contact Info:

E-mail: pamabeltrani@gmail.com

Discord: pamnawi