AT 131 - Color

Description
This course includes the study and application of color theories and concepts using gouache paint. Emphasis is on perceptual skills, color mixing, application to design, understanding three dimensional form, and spatial relationships.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 6

School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Visual Arts
Discipline: AT

Major Course Revisions: N/A
Last Revision Date Effective: 20220216T16:20:06
Course Review & Revision Year: 2026-2027

Course Type:
Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Studio - 1:1-2

General Education Requirement: None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA

Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Demonstrate correct use of tools and techniques to mix and apply gouache paint to paper.

2. Demonstrate correct use of vocabulary related to color concepts and theories.

3. Demonstrate successful painting in a series of color exercises relating to basic color vocabulary, concepts and theories and executed in the form of a color workbook.

4. Apply color theory and design principals with skill and sensitivity in the creation of painted projects dealing with value and color perception, spatial relationships and three-dimensional form.

5. Identify colors visually and with accuracy to solve problems based upon Josef Albers and Johannes Itten’s relational color principles.

6. Analyze projects effectively in group and individual oral and written critiques.

7. Express appreciation of diversity through critiques.

8. Maintain a disciplined work ethic and manage time constructively by completing work on time.

9. Identify the best solution to a problem or issue.

10. Use creativity and alternative thinking to brainstorm new ideas and possible solutions to problems or issues.

11. Complete work accurately with attention to detail.

12. Manage time effectively.

Approved for Online Delivery?: No

Course Outline:
I. Basic color vocabulary

II. Color mixing and painting techniques

III. Three properties of color, color theory and pigment theory

IV. Physiology of color vision, additive and subtractive color theory

V. History of Color Wheels and Munsell Color theory

VI. Color perception and relational color (Josef Albers, Johannes Itten, etc.)

Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures:
None

Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 5-15%

Facilitated discussion/critiques: 5-15%

Mediated instruction/demonstration: 10-15%

Group work: 5-10%

Studio/lab: 60-75%

Mandatory Course Components:
None

Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: AT 140 (D- or Higher)
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corerequisite(s): None
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with IRW: IRW 97, IRW 98, IRW 99
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required

Total Studio Hours Per Week: 6
Faculty Credential Requirements:
18 graduate credit hours in discipline being taught (HLC Requirement), Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Other (list below), Program Accreditation Requirement (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details: Instructor must have an MFA in drawing/painting or design, with expertise in the area of color and college level teaching experience.

General Room Request: Art Studio classroom

Maximum Course Enrollment: 20
Equivalent Courses: None
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit Accepted: None
AP Min. Score: 3
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement:
Fine Arts, A.F.A., Pre-Art, A.A. (General Transfer),
Course Fees: $20.00
People Soft Course ID Number: 100229
Course CIP Code: 50.0799

High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Departments?: NA
Corporate Articulation Agreement exist?: No
If yes, with which Companies?: NA