SXC110 - Color Specialist Certificate for Art, Design and Fashion-Related Products

Course Description

Artists, designers, and merchandisers embark on a certificate program that cultivates their ability to use color to achieve success and increase sales with an understanding of consumer behavior. Work hands-on developing professional palettes to make confident design, styling and merchandising decisions. This certificate program includes a panel discussion by industry experts who work with color in their fields, career coaching, and a special session conducted by a top trend expert. Visits and demos include FIT’s unique color facilities.

Course Outline

4 sessions: How to Use Color to Move the Market: Design Concept to the Customer’s Closet
4 sessions: Learn to Work Like a Color Professional
3 sessions: Color Painting Studio
1 session: Forecasting Resources and Micro-Macro Influencers
2 sessions: Color Science & Light
1 session: Color Trend Forecasting and Today’s Customer
1 session: Color Careers

Learner Outcomes

Identify how color impacts branding and purchasing decisions, including subliminal messaging
Use color as a creative competitive tool
Identify color psychology in today’s multi-cultural market
Utilize professional color vocabulary, resources, and guides
Create color palettes, combinations, and stories
Use color as a mood and appearance enhancer
Apply the art and science of color forecasting
Make use of possible career paths and advancement

Notes

In-Person sections include a $100 fee for in-class supplies not listed below.

Course Materials: Students should expect to purchase some workshop-related materials assigned at the first class and have a color wheel by The Color Wheel Co for the first class of the program.

FIT Alumni can receive a 10% discount on single-course certificates. If you think you are eligible for the 10% Alumni Discount, please complete the Alumni Verification Form prior to registration in order to receive your discount code.