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Journey Into Blue | Study of Color & Book Design

A book about my discovery of the color BLUE, my journey into blue..
Ribbon bookmark/embellishment.
Blue in relation to other colors on the color wheel. 
Colorwheel made out of book covers.
As I looked, I started to see and find blue everywhere...
Each page has color spots relating to the image on the page.  Some of them show various color schemes for the color blue, e.g., complementary, analgous or monochromatic.
Photo courtesy of Ian Axe.
Photo by George Miller
As my investigation of blue continued throughout the term, I felt like I was following a path.  When it came time to create a symbol to represent blue, this is the symbol I created, representing my path, my journey of discovery.
 
Turned the other way around, it becomes a question mark as I seek to learn more about blue. 
It is also a keyhole that I can peek through to learn what is on the other sied.
 
It is a maze whose path I playfully navigate and an exclamation point when I discover something wonderful at the end.
I used my blue symbol to create several blue patterns using various color schemes.  These are a few of them.
Studies of transparency and blue.
Journey Into Blue | Study of Color & Book Design
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Journey Into Blue | Study of Color & Book Design

For Color Workshop, we were each given a color to explore and use while learning about color in general. My color was blue. The journey of my ex Read More

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