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Game Design 2Lecture 3: Colour
Errata and News•All tutorials now take place in the
games lab (M627)
•The Monday tutorial is now on Tuesdays at 12pm - 1pm (after this lecture)
•Lecture 2 slides and audio are online.
•Recommended Reading is online.
•http://www.comu346.com
Books
What is colour for?
•to label (colour as noun)
•to measure (colour as quantity)
•to represent / imitate reality
•to enliven or decorate (colour as beauty)
Colour in Games
•Team identification
•Item highlighting
•Mood, tone & aesthetics
•Convey information
Team Identification
Item Highlighting
Mood & Tone
Convey Information
What is Colour?
Rods & Cones
•Rods & Cones
•Tuned to RGB
•Uneven distrobution
•64% red, 34% green, 2% blue
•Can distinguish red better than blue
•Yellow shades particularly similar
Magenta?
Colour Models
•Hue, Lightness, Saturation (Thissen 162)
•Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (Fox 52)
•Red, Green, Blue (Thissen 163)
Colour Wheel
•Newton Wheel
•Red, Yellow, Green
•Blended for hues
•add whites (tint)
•or black (shade)
Combining Colours
Tip: Industry Palettes
•Find industry photograph
•Extract main colours
Tip: Mood Palettes
•Find mood photograph
•Extract main colours
DeGraeve Extractor
http://www.bit.ly/degraeve
Assembling a Palette
•Select 3 to 5 colours from colour wheel
•Also select a neutral and highlight colour
•Experiment with tint and shade
•Contrast is important
•Consider the colour blind
•Consider cultural implications
Use Colour Sparingly
•It is easy to emphasise something on unobtrusive colours.
•On glaring colours it is difficult to emphasise something.
Colour Blind
•1 in 12 people
•Resources exist which can model colour blindness.
•http://www.wearecolorblind.com
Cultural Minefield
Technical Limitations?
•Not so much of a problem on modern consoles.
•On underpowered or web based games, may need to use 256 colour palettes.
•Can use same bitmap with different palette to get team colours.
•Work with a programmer!
Tufte
“Above all, do no harm.”
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