Based on information I picked out from readings, especially in “Graphic Design: The New Basics by Ellen Lupton”, color in graphic design used to be just black and white. When we see and get to use colors now, we have hues, values, saturations, analogous colors, complementary colors, primary color. The basic map, the color wheel, is shows how each color on the spectrum can be related to one another. In my Foundations of Designs course I took my first semester here at Keene State College, my teacher allowed us to work on an extra credit assignment which was to make a two-by-twelve grid and mix different pigments to create a color. I had a variety of paints to choose from and I got to mix colors together.
When I look back on my high school years, I remember trying a few digital art pieces in my art class. In difference between the subtractive color method and additive color method, the additive color method is accomplished when a designer uses white first and ends with black working through mixing colors with paint or through the printing process on a computer. The subtractive color method is the complete opposite of the additive color method, using black first and then white when mixing colors. Back in high school, I was able to make and create a different kind of art form I wasn’t used to but it felt like a simple and easy task.
