Beginning Graphic Design: Color
In this video, you’ll learn the basics of using color in graphic design. Visit www.gcflearnfree.org/beginnin... for our text-based lesson.
This video includes information on:
• Hue, saturation, and value
• Creating monochromatic, analogous, and other color schemes
• Avoiding common color mistakes
• Choosing the right color
• Finding inspiration
We hope you enjoy!
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@ATERAH
4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@wirasetiawan81
4 жыл бұрын
yesss
I took a colour theory course in college, and this video is almost equal to one semester long worth of lessons, great job!
@vicky7344
7 жыл бұрын
Thank God, I didn't attend the Graphic design school, trying to self learn.. :)
@pegasusearl
7 жыл бұрын
ME TOO
@BeHappyNoMatterWhat
6 жыл бұрын
I took color theory too! It was mostly focused on seeing and mixing colors with paint. Not really the theory :( I never even learned this stuff in my class! #sad
@NathMainA99
5 жыл бұрын
college would be more detailed
@Banana-cc5rx
5 жыл бұрын
That's the thing about schools.. they can spend months just to teach something that can be summarise into an hour. But schools do provide actual teaching and fixing while self taught you don't aside from good critics
this music? yes. this content? indeed. I'm just nodding my head, smiling and learning. how education should be!
@reeya6858
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly, i was doing the same
@turolretar
3 жыл бұрын
Except you’re really aren’t learning anything when watching videos like that
this video literally makes me want to cry?? for some reason, when someone tries to explain something to me and they start explaining every little detail and they say so many things and names and... jesus, i can't keep up. as stupid as it sounds, my head literally hurts and i give up paying attention. it's frustrating because it makes me feel as if i'm never gonna be able to learn anything. but this video... God, this video makes it so simple and precise. it's easy to keep up and i ACTUALLY understood what you were saying! it's so releaving. thank you so much! as a graphic design student who really has a hard time understanding color theory and every other design concept, this channel is just pure gold. thanks so much ❤️❤️
@GCFLearnFree
6 жыл бұрын
We're so glad to hear we've been able to help you!
@simpleliving611
4 жыл бұрын
❤❤same here
I can't even describe how pleasing is to watch this.... It's like music and dance... Thank you!!
@mauraoreilly9533
5 жыл бұрын
I agree! I shared it, not just for the info but it's so relaxing. :)
@anastasiakate6094
4 жыл бұрын
Miklo and her voice is so satisfying
@maryocecilyo3372
4 жыл бұрын
it's so catchy
This video is just sooo well-produced.. thank you!
@bgimusic
5 жыл бұрын
Hiruma. forreal
Not only is this video bursting with knowledge, it is delightful to watch. I have 13 years of of experience under my belt, but still found it full of gems and inspiration. Thank you for creating this!
@GCFLearnFree
6 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome, Michelle. We're glad to hear you're enjoying our Beginning Graphic Design videos!
Feels like this free 6 minute video of color saved me from community college courses. I'm creating artworks and digital NFTs and this is a tremendous help. Thank you :)
@GCFLearnFree
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
I'm not kidding when I say I just finished my first degree in Graphic Design and we had NO COLOR CLASS what so ever. Please keep making excellent videos like this one, Those 6 and a half minutes taught me a lot.
@guapisimopro4780
3 жыл бұрын
:o
In a nutshell, this video taught me everything my graphic design teacher taught in 6 months in just 10 minutes or so, amazing!
@jeremiahogunrinu7319
4 жыл бұрын
Wow I'm a graphics designer beginner and you're telling that this video compresses 6 month worth of lesson I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!
At first I really thought that this was some basic knowledge, but I really liked the way I felt in the end! It seems to be that color theory can really expand into the workfield of a designer. Really like those formula’s!
i discovered a passion for graphic design while nearing the completion of my marketing undergrad and because my school won't let me take graphic design classes if i'm not in the program, i've decided to teach myself. reading through the comments, it looks this is nearly a course in color theory - so well produced, i'm so glad youtube led me here!
This is really well done. The wealth of information is all the more understandable thanks to the animations. The voice over is well paced and just the right tone. I'll be sharing this with my design students first thing Monday morning. Thanks!
@GCFLearnFree
7 жыл бұрын
We're so glad to hear it. Thanks for using us in your classroom!
@Radishals
7 жыл бұрын
GCFLearnFree.org I also subscribed! Since I'm going to be a future graphic designer.
This is what I would like to show my clients before they tell me their color scheme like "The app should be all in blue and orange"
@danieldeng1976
7 жыл бұрын
Sumanta B blue and orange could look really good
@AerisTF2
7 жыл бұрын
dan denfe and whats about yellow and red? I bet you cant do anything looking nice with it...
@AerisTF2
7 жыл бұрын
dan denfe wow :o
@punanimous
7 жыл бұрын
NEXUS macdonald
@evanparcon
6 жыл бұрын
Sumanta B 😂
Don’t mind me, just an 11 year old that started homeschooling trying to teach them self’s graphic designs. These videos help so much and are actually fun to watch! Also these videos are learning one semester in school in 6 minutes! Thank you and keep up the great work!
I'm sorry I can't resist: hue... HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUEHUE
This is so beautifully and simply explained. Thank you very much. Waiting for more design videos. :)
@sheluvando
7 жыл бұрын
May Mustafa c
Don’t mind me, just a 13 year old trying to teach myself graphic design
@chedgatchalian8401
3 жыл бұрын
you can do it. i was at your age when i first started graphic and video editing. now im a broadcasting student already.
@poppy.901
3 жыл бұрын
Good luck! I’m around the same age, and I am a webcomic artist in making. Let’s both work hard to meet our goals.
The animations and explanations were perfect. I could not find any fault with this whatsoever, please keep em coming!
Thanks so much for this! I am a graphic designer and art director, and I've never heard color explained so thoroughly and simply before. You literally just took an entire semester of my school's color class and summed it up in less than 10 minutes. Again, thanks so much.
It is probably a strange thing to say, but a video devoted to explain the colors has such a pleasant design. It is very satisfying to watch it, the voice actor is great as well.
I am a graphics designer and I mistakenly colored a word green when in fact, the client wants red. I have red-green color blindness and this helped me a lot.
Every element of these videos are so well done! As a designer, this makes me want to share this with the people I work closely with that don't have the designer role, so they can get a better understanding of the work I do, the attention to detail I give, and why it all matters. Great work, and thank you!
with so many possibilities and different rules, it feels like you can pretty much pick out any colors and adjust saturation and value to somehow make them work well together
I have never been good at putting colors together, and now I have an exceptional starting point. Thank you for publishing this!
I'm on the second episode of this little intro to Graphic design and I just wanted to say that so far they are excellent! So everything is so incredibly well explained and no boring waffling or unnecessary filler. Also the narrator has a really nice voice!
I once saw somebody who would turn their workspace to b&n just to see the contrast, that’s how he made sure the subject would stand out
Very well done! Actually learned a lot that I'm going to apply
I’m only an age from 1-13 and I want to be a graphics designer and this helps me soooooo much. Can’t wait to tell my fave art teacher 👩🏫 😊❤❤❤
@GCFLearnFree
Жыл бұрын
That's awesome!
I have almost 20 years working as a Designer, but i still learning from the basics. Thanks. Amazing production on this video.
Great videos! The crisp animation complements the clear and concise manner of explanation. A lot of effort goes into these videos and it shows. They help tremendously in my aim to create better data visualisation within my field of study (data science). Keep up the good work, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for updates.
@michellel1383
6 жыл бұрын
I'm a data visualization designer and could not agree with you more!
I was just struggling with a color pallette for my drawing, KZread recommended me this in a right time! This is an amazing video! I learned a lot!
This was so simple and fabulously explained! I took several art classes and was only taught the complementary color formula--didn't even know there was more to it! Thank you, this video was helpful!
Never hurts to take a step back and look at the basics again. Really well done.
This has to go down as one of the single greatest vids of value on KZread that could help anyone understand/see the world of color differently. 👨🎨🙌😎
Finally someone who explained the color theory in a simplified manner. Thankyou so much!
Honestly this made 10x more sense then the college art class i took on color theory. Honestly word of advice you younglings from a repeat college dropout for multiple majors... Don't go to college until you already know most of what you will learn in college because very few teachers style of teaching will make sense, some wont teach you at all and some wont even try to help if you don't understand. Also community college before 4 years, 4 year schools arent better and a lot of times they are worse because they are for profit and care more about how to charge you more money than ensuring good education. In fact i would say work a little first, you can still apply for financial aid later on you don't have to rush. If people can go to college in their 80s you can take the time to experience life outside of school and gain world experience which is more valued and important in the labor market right now than a college degree... Its a lesson I learned to late because no one told me it could be that way..
HATS OFF to the Creators, Video Editors and the Main Person behind this excellent tutorial in such a short span.
A video informative enough to make someone get started with Designing as a new career altogether!
This is so fraking amazing. So simple, yet well-explained. Thank you!
3+ years later, still the best video on color theory! Thanks for this!
This video by far has the simpliest and best from of showing color theory using the color wheel. Thank you so much!
I learned more from this 6 and a half minute KZread video than I did from my university color theory class.
at least this video sounds fantastic *cries in colorblindness*
I really don't know about this so called "color combination" but thanks to you ma'am, I learned.
Thank you so much for this. Plain language and pleasing tone of voice makes learning things so much easier.
Best video on the matter, clear and concise. Coming from a colorblind person, thank you very very much!
loved the simplicity with which this video was made, it was almost a perfect video tutorial I have not learned to just about colours but also how to make a good video
I was looking at Graphic design masters courses this morning before I found this channel... I think I'm going to save a lot of extra student debt now!
"COLOR... It plays a vital role in design and everyday life." nice line...!!! 👍
This taught me more about colour than a whole semester of grade 9 art class!
Every time you say "hue", my mind subconsciously fills in the blank with a "Jackman" 😄
This video is the most helpful video on the KZread for designer
The best video about color theory that I've seen so far. Thank you so much!
i just saw 1 min of this and i subscribed! I am particularly interested in "Beginning Graphic Design " playlist. Please make more on this :) Awesome colors by the way it totally changed my mood. Thank you :) :)
this is the most important color theory video on whole internet rich information and the most important is its simple enough to understand, i read book about color theory, but never understand how those color wheel work in real life, it provides with bad example and use many of unnecessary jargon but this video make me understand just in 6 minute how those monochromatic, triadic, analogous etc work, i wish my former university teach me this way from begining
Straight forward and comprehensive, yet easy to understand. Best video on colour I've seen to date
So simple, but great lesson!!! Love you guys, I always wandering on color palette but i think that I can handle it now!! Thank you!
This video is so calming.. I love everything about it!! Please keep posting more! Thank you.. :)
Just got this random video inside my recommendations. I’ve never watched any videos about graphic design, and I’m not planning on being a graphic designer in the future, but I like the way that this video is produced and made. Well narrated as well, well done!
Love how i studied graphic design , and this 6 minute video explains a whole semester easily in a snap :D . Great video, thanks!
It's an amazing video! My teacher used it in class to explain about the use of colors in design. The funny part was at 0:39. There was a major freak out when we saw that the colors don't match with the colors of Hogwarts Houses XD
This is actually really well done. Far more intuitive than the way I was taught. Nice animation as well.
Learnt more than all the books ive ever read. Thanks.
4:17 that was definitely just a display of confidence move; "I know my video is so good I won't even lose viewers for this."
I'm really grateful to you guys for making this video. You just earned yourself a staunch subscriber. :)
even though i knew everything in this video- i kept on watching because it's just that pleasing to watch.
Woooow my gosh! I always thougt that blue and orange are very nice when put together, and now I know why. It blow my mind, it's beautiful. Thank you sooo much!
Thank God for this channel. I love design and stuff, but have always been afraid to use color. Now i feel more comfortable.
Forgot my headphones so I just watched this without sound, and wow! Very clear and visually appealing. This helped me so much in picking the right colours for my website!
Fantastic, interesting and very useful. Brilliant job! Thanks very much! Keep up the great work! You've got a fan for life!
I've always struggled with colors, and this video gave me a dozen things to help me improve. Love your series and thank you for posting them for free.
@GCFLearnFree
4 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
I am so glad this video showed up on my recommended page. Now I found one of the best KZread accounts ever. Keep up the good work! This is awesome.
I literally own a design agency, and if we focused more on the basics in this video, we'd probably produce work twice as good in half the time.
All artist should study color.. You'll be surprised how much knowing how to match colors will help you in your art projects. Sadly they dont teach color in most art schools
this is when writing, graphic design and motion design works together seamlessly!! :) GREAT JOB GUYS! :)
Man these guides are great, super focused, I'd hope school would have been like this, I would have learnt a whole lot more. Thanks a bunch!
Why did I learn more from this than my degree? 💀
I screen shot everything from your videos, for me to have a source every time I design, Hope that's not cheating.. Kkk.. Great Job guys!!!!!!!!
As a person who is starting to learn about design, i find this super valuable.
The BEST video on Color theory that I have browsed through on KZread!!
4:16 Every graphic designers nightmare (pls don't do that)
This video: exists Me: using the pallets on the imaginary computer for my work Also me: gives it to the color teacher Color teacher: I have no choice, here is your A+ Me: 😎 Find it a 5:35
@GCFLearnFree
2 жыл бұрын
Hi! We are glad to hear that! ;)
THANK YOU! Love the simplicity and effectiveness of the video. EXCELLENT!
Excellent education, free for all! This is what the internet is meant to doo. In love with these videos!!!
now I want to go make things this was such a visually pleasing video wow
4:15 In some circumstances, it can actually be _desirable_ to have a vibrating effect. So, it's best not to be too stick to that rule too rigidly. Very educative video, though!
This introduction to graphic design: Color lesson was truly enlightening and instructive. It provided a general introduction of the many color categories, how to use them wisely, and how to employ them to produce stunning graphics. Additionally, the class gave illustrations of how particular color combinations might be used to convey various moods and impressions. Additionally, it covered the significance of color theory and how graphic design uses it. This session served as a wonderful introduction to the world of color in graphic design, in my opinion.
Wow....for the first time in my life that I have learnt about color theory. This is such a great education of art. Thank you for this very well done VDO.
It's was awesome now I can choose color without any hesitation!!!! ☺ thx
Fantastic explanation in a very short video! Very well done.
I really need to watch this video again. There's so many great tips at it.
4:18 I was on full brightness and felt attacked haha , "Sorry" really proves how good you are at understanding how colors affect people. Love these videos !
I loved this video. Very informative! Thank you!
I have shared this video with my team mates we r into graphic designing course. And this is the best video ever on color scheme. Animations, explanations audio all r awesomely done...😘😘😘😘
@GCFLearnFree
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Ahamadhi! Wow, thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! We are so happy you found our video useful and our sharing us with your team mates! Have a great day!
Beautiful man, you're the only one who could help me, I watched 8 videos and yours was the only one that saved me
@GCFLearnFree
Жыл бұрын
No problem 👍
I come back to watch this video every month just to remember what I’ve forgotten. Super helpful
@GCFLearnFree
4 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much for making this video! Very pleasing video for learning as everything, both the video and voice-over, is very clear. Every animation, transition looks very smooth. Animation details really help to understand what is being said as sometimes only listening is not enough! Some of the details, like the clown sticking out on triadic color scheme helps to memorize that the color scheme can be striking. Animation, which follows the voice-over helps to catch the idea when you talk about the tetradic color scheme. Dominant color is being represented by making it larger on the preview. What a great idea! I missed some more information about every color scheme individually. There was a brief, one sentence, information about the color scheme as not technical but practical side (where, how to use it), however I felt that this was not enough from the practical side.
@GCFLearnFree
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your thoughtful comments! We're glad to hear you enjoyed the video :)
I loved the typography one and you won me for real when you posted the colors of the Hogwarts Houses!
@sohail3856
7 жыл бұрын
Sara Dantas
these videos are ridiculously helpful and well put together.. I have watched alot of videos on design and your's are by far the best! thank you!