Monday, September 15, 2025 —
Color Theory & Relativity, Vector, Raster, AI & PS
Agenda
- Review First Day exercise questions in Figjam
- Discussion of Dondis reading assigned for this week, commented in Figma
- Visual Lecture: Color Theory and Relativity
- Adobe Color Tool Demo
- Color Method game
- Color Resources on Are.na
BREAK- Vector vs. Raster
- Software Demo Intro: Photoshop & Illustrator, Vector vs. Raster
- Bezier Method Game
- Flag Exercise introduction
Homework (due next class)
- Color Exercise
- Flag Exercise and completed Bezier method game
- Listen to this Radiolab podcast on the History and Perception of colors while you do the exercises:
- Illustrator Tutorials as needed, see
are.na resources and LinkedIn Learning Tutorial Illustrator Essentials to get familiar with the core functions of Illustrator. Use your @nyu.edu email to login to LinkedIn Learning here - Figma Tutorials as needed, start with Figma Design for Beginners
Required ReadingInteraction of Color, Introduction and Plates I-X, by Josef Albers
Structure and Movement, by Karl Gerstner
Supplemental Reading The Elements of Color, Johannes Itten
Graphic Design: The New Basics, "Color" chapter, by Ellen Lupton
Politics of Design, Colour and Contrast chapter, by Ruben Pater
IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE:
Monday, Sept. 15: Add/Drop deadline
Tuesday, Sept. 16: Fall 2025 Withdrawal Period Begins
Classes dropped on or after this date result in a “W” grade on the student transcript. To withdraw from a class, students may Request a Class Withdrawal in Albert.
Students can no longer be enrolled into a class from a waitlist and waitlists are purged.