Fourteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society

Abstract

The relativity of color opens endless potential for visual study. Simply varying the proportions and quantities of the same colors alters their perception greatly, yet in themselves the colors do not change. How one can teach this in the context of a web class is an ongoing question I investigate. This paper examines a color project students carried out in an introductory web design course. This experiential assignment focused on the development of the students’ eye for color and composition; both on screens and in the general sense. Additionally, this immersed students in a state of play with diverse aspects of computer code relevant to today’s web design and digital media. Reflections address the relevance of color to create the illusion of depth on screens, learning through play, the value of elementary ways of seeing in technical complexity, and historically important practitioners and writers on color, such as Josef Albers and Johannes Itten.