COMPARE AND CONTRAST COLOUR SCHEMES – Colour Relationships

Students digitize a line drawing they created in another class, and use a photo editing program such as Photoshop to create several new versions with different colour schemes. Then they write a compare-and-contrast analysis of 2 of the new versions in order to evaluate their effectiveness in communicating a message.

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Supplies:

Crayola Sketchbooks - 1 per student
Crayola Coloured Pencils - 24 Count
Crayola Markers - 24 Count

Steps:

Download the Colour Wheel poster. (Downloads - ColourWheel.pdf)
Resize and print it.
Glue it into your sketchbook.
Play with different colour schemes using coloured pencils or markers.
- Think about the meaning the colours you choose might communicate when used in your design. (Downloads - CulturalColour.pdf)
Choose the ones that work the best.

Follow the steps in your photo editing program to add colour to your drawing.
- See the Photoshop Basics lesson plan available on this website.

Think about the message you want to communicate.
Make several versions with different colour schemes.
Choose 2 to compare.

Write a compare-and-contrast analysis of the 2 drawings to evaluate how effective the colour schemes are in communicating your message.
Decide if you are going to contrast the drawings, compare the drawings or do both.
- State the message you intended to communicate.
- Contrast the 2 colour schemes using phrases such as – one difference; another difference; in contrast.
- Compare the 2 colour schemes using phrases such as – one way they are similar; another way they are similar; in a similar way.
- Write a summary statement to show which of the 2 colour schemes you feel is most effective in conveying your message.
Downloads - Colour Schemes Self-Assessment.pdf, Colour Schemes Tracking.pdf