COLORATURA
A Color Card Game
Learn the logic behind color theory and immerse yourself in my new, custom-made card game! An excellent game for card players and color enthusiasts, Coloratura offers a unique playing experience that blends the fundamentals of color theory and elements of classic card games.
Understand the logic behind color through play.
Coloratura is a game I devised and developed for artist Janine Wong, who taught design and color theory at the University of Massachusetts for 30 years. She wanted to turn her notes, projects, and musings on color theory into a portable, playable package that could teach players the essential logic that underlies color and their combinations.
The game, built on a similar “engine” to the classic tile game Rummikub, with players trying to create groupings and runs. Instead of operating on colored numbers, as Rummikub does, Coloratura replaces them with the three foundational attributes of color: hue, value, and saturation, all while creating visually appealing color palettes that are linked by logical combinations. The game is meant for artists, students, and art enthusiasts alike to finally discover the reasons behind why colors they see out in the world “just work!”
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Color Theory Illustrated:
A Visual Guide to Using and Understanding Color
The logic of color. Illustrated and explained (finally!).
Since 2016, I have worked with artist and Professor Emerita Janine Wong, who spent 30 years working teaching design and color theory for the University of Massachusetts, to develop a textbook that encompasses all the knowledge she had accumulated teaching over three decades on color theory.
This project was an enormous undertaking, sifting through years of notes, artist’s studies, historical works of art, and even Janine’s own artistic practice, to produce a visually compelling and informative book that artists, design students, and art enthusiasts alike can use to understand that feeling we get when we think a bunch of colors “just works.” The book is complete and just needs a publisher!
We are currently seeking publishers for this book. If you are in the publishing world or know someone who is, please help towards getting this project over its last hurdle! Get in touch over on the Contact page!
