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Interactive Color Seminar

Sept. 28th - Color Systems and Language

7.45-9.00

  • Names of colors
  • Are colors universal?
  • Focal colors
  • The Stroop effect -when the name interferes with the color
  • Organizing colors
  • Color systems -what are the major systems
  • Naming and describing colors exercise

9.00-9.15 break

9.15-9.30

  • Short overview of the color techniques used by Andy Warhol

9.30-10.15

  • Overview of a variety of interactivity styles:
  • How do you make something interactive?
  • Can looking be interactive?
  • Outline of next week’s exercise: bring in a tentative outline of your midterm prototype. A drawing with indications of what is going on or a one-page description is fine.
  • Reading for next week: chapter 2 of Vision and Art