Initial Ideas

I have already decided I will design a flipbook/constatina fold style publication on Colour theory primarily targeting children's audiences. As the publication is to be short, and as Ive chosen colour theory I want it to be very visual whilst also getting the information across. There are 3 aspects of colour theory I am thinking of basing my content on…

-Colours associated with book genres, is a good way for children to develop knowledge of the impact and personality colours can exude and there can be sections for them to colour in their own ideas to build this knowledge and share with classmates and is an interactive way for them to be interested and engaged in the publication

-Teaching children the different colour blindness disorders and what they all look like, it is informative of others disabilities and visually could be very interesting and there can be scenes/pictures in rainbow colours which change on each page according to this sight disorder. This will be ideal for the length of the small publication too. There is a documentary I will follow up on to gather more knowledge on these disorders which I can simplify for children to understand.

-Variations of the differences between shades/tones/tints which are ideal to learn at an early age in an easy way.

I will sketch up and write down content for tomorrows feedback session and get a lot of useful opinions and further ideas, and watch the 'Do you See what I see' documentary on estudio.

For my colour blindness idea more ideas are sprouting such as having an animal mascot that will represent the colours and engage the children as a character of the booklet. A chameleon as it changes colour and has interesting patterns, a butterfly as its colour sight extends to an ultraviolet level making it a knowledgable character on colour, or also a wise owl which can see even in the dark as it is nocturnal.

For content the website www.colour-blindness.com is a brilliant source to shorten down the facts for each condition to simplify for the children in bitesize information and not to bore them by having a long body of text using complicated words.

For my colouring genres idea, it could be a colouring book for children that lets them pick their colour ideas in a more interesting way filling in characters/images that relate to the genre. The images will be direct relations to the subject if the children are confused of the genre. Sizing and composition for both these ideas will have to be carefully thought out to ensure the images fill out the page size with the title/information being clear and intact