A student project book from the School of Design, B.Des foundation year, semester 1, 2026-27. It contains eleven colour theory exercises completed by student Krishna Rawat under mentor Prof. Shali.
This is a foundation year student assignment book from the School of Design, B.Des programme, semester 1, 2026-27. It was created by student Krishna Rawat under mentor Prof. Shali. The document is a compilation of eleven colour theory exercises exploring how colour behaves in different contexts.
The first assignment asks the student to represent themselves using a coloured dot. The chosen colour is dark purple, which the student associates with power, status, mystery, spirituality and transcendent thought. A light side of the dot represents spirituality.
Assignments 2 through 4 cover brush, line and colour exploration, colour interaction through overlapping transparency boxes, and a study of how one colour appears differently against various painted and greyscale backgrounds. These exercises demonstrate optical effects of colour placement.
Assignment 5 is a Munsell-inspired single-hue study examining temperature, tints, shades and tones. Assignment 6 presents a pigment colour wheel showing relationships between primary, secondary and tertiary colours. Assignment 7 adds tints and shades to that colour wheel.
Assignments 8 and 9 cover Itten's colour wheel and a Venn diagram comparing additive and subtractive colour mixing. Assignment 10 shows one cat artwork in ten different colour schemes, each with dominant, supporting and accent colours in warm, cool and contrasting palettes.
The final assignment is a sixteen-step greyscale ladder showing gradual transitions from black to white and white to black. The document ends after this exercise. It is a straightforward record of student coursework with no additional content.