Colour variations

As I wanted the design to appear historical yet in design terms appear on trend, two colour variations were explored with. This allowing for the design to appear impactful, and to be easily seen from a distance. Although the final design will be screenprinted, I decided to explore with colour firstly upon CAD to ensure that I am not wasting inks etc. The design decisions made will influence colour within my final screenprints. 

As red and blue were the most representative colours of the picture house within the survey, these were implemented into the design. The design in which contains both colours seems very harsh. The usage of two primary colours seems highly immature and thus I do not believe this to be acceptable. The plain red approach was far more effective although I felt that the red appeared negative as when associated with war I believe this exhibits danger and death. 

As research suggested that orange was a very optimistic colour it was widely explored with. The importance of optimism during the war allowed for the picture house to be so influential, as this allowed for a community meeting ground. The orange is highly effective although I am unsure upon whether it is effective upon a white background as this appears very plain. 

As mainly women would have been left during the war, a pink was used in order to symbolise that of the courage of these women and how the war changed the ways in which we perceive women. Although the pink appears aesthetically pleasing, the usage of an overly feminine colour is not appropriate as gender should not be categorized by colour.

An array of colours were explored with in order to discover the most suiting. As purple is the world's least favourite colour, it was decided against. 

Background colours were explored with in order to make the negative space upon the page more prominent. Two tone approaches appeared less effective as the contrast was little. 

The two most liked designs are resembled above. The blue has been selected as it is the colour of Leeds, as well as the world's favourite colour, in turn promoting a design in which is aesthetically pleasing. In order to develop a contrast the backgrounds do not appear strong in colour, this allows the negative space to be more impactful. The off brown background has been used in order to implement heritage.

As the above designs are the most liked I will explore with these colours within the screen print process, other colours may be explored with as CAD representations of colour are very different to that of screenprint.