Colour and Type

Essay (700 words)

Packaging

Colour is all around us:

in the supermarkets,

demanding our attention.

How does this

manufacturer attract our

attention through the use

colour?

Packaging

What type of colour

scheme is being used

here?

Packaging

What type of colour

scheme is being used

here?

Packaging

How does the

manufacturer’s use of

text describe what the

product is?

Packaging

Andy Warhol produced a

series of prints that used

commercial names.

Describe the way the text

has been used.

Packaging

Discus this example in

relation to colour scheme

and type of text.

Poster Design

This famous poster was

used for the film Psycho.

What are the main colour

themes here? How are

the graphic elements

used in relation to the

type?

Poster Design

Saul Bass produced this

film poster.

Describe the way the

colour of the graphic

elements relate to each

other.

Poster Design

Why is the colour non

representational of

reality in this example?

What associations with

the subject do we make

here?

Poster Design

To what extent is colour

used to represent reality

and what mood does it

evoke?

What is the colour

perception in relation to

the hand?

Poster Design

How is negative and

positive used here?

Poster Design

How is negative and

positive used here?

Discuss the colour

schemes in relation to

the subject.

How is the texture of the

Hair created?

Poster Design

What makes this poster

an interesting design?