A Certified True Colour Expert can walk into any room, and distinguish what works and what doesn’t about the undertone of the colours in the space. Learn to see colour like a professional. How to choose colour expertly and with confidence as well as create colour palettes that flow from one room to another.
". . . I have had two color (colour!) consultations since our Atlanta Colour Conference. I LOVE it. After learning your system, I find that the color chooses you. When I perform your preliminary color tests with the fan deck, I have a magic wand, too! After we talk about and analyze the big fixed elements, the client can see perfectly why it is the right color. Amazing. The time just flies by. I am in my creative element, and I can't thank you enough for setting me off on this wondrous course. . . " Ellen Rhett, Birmingham, AL
". . . I have had two color (colour!) consultations since our Atlanta Colour Conference. I LOVE it. After learning your system, I find that the color chooses you. When I perform your preliminary color tests with the fan deck, I have a magic wand, too! After we talk about and analyze the big fixed elements, the client can see perfectly why it is the right color. Amazing. The time just flies by. I am in my creative element, and I can't thank you enough for setting me off on this wondrous course. . . " Ellen Rhett, Birmingham, AL
Click here to see some video clips from the course in September. Next dates below:
If you are considering attending and would like to have a conversation with me to determine if it's right for you, email me at info@mariakillam.com with your number and I will call you:
Additional Bonus: Every Certified True Colour Expert from the course is eligible to join a True Colour Expert private facebook page for alumni only. Get updates about colour, mentor each other and stay connected.
DATES IN ATLANTA: Wednesday May 11, 13 to Friday May 14, 2011
COST: $1250 CDN
CANCELLATION POLICY: Deposit will be refunded minus a $100 non-refundable registration fee if cancelled 3 weeks prior to course date. Course is transferrable to the next one but there will be no refunds inside 3 weeks before the course.
ACCOMMODATION: The Hilton Garden Inn.
LOCATION: Gregory's Paint & Flooring in John's Creek, below:
Gregory's Paint & Flooring
Johns Creek , GA 30097
DATES in Vancouver: June 23, 24 & 25, 2011
COST: Fees: $1,250 CDN (Taxes for Cdn Residents) 50% payment (via check or paypal) is required to register with balance due 3 weeks prior to the first day of class.
TAXES: Applicable to Canadian Residents
CANCELLATION POLICY: Deposit will be refunded minus a $100 non-refundable registration fee if cancelled 3 weeks prior to course date. Course is transferrable to the next one but there will be no refunds inside 3 weeks before the course.
LOCATION IN VANCOUVER: 8449 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, 10 minutes from the airport, 20 minutes from the downtown core.
ACCOMMODATION: The closest hotel I would recommend is the Coast Airport but if it's your first time to Vancouver you might want to stay somewhere downtown, you can take the skytrain in and it's a 5 minute cab ride from the station.
This course is not colour theory, (click here to read my post on how knowledge of theory alone is insufficient) it is a practical, experiential, how-to workshop on learning to see the undertones of complex neutrals as well as choosing colour palettes that flow for you and your clients.
Yellow Beige1.) Walked into a freshly painted (or not so fresh) house, kitchen or bathroom and saw there was something ‘off’ about the colours and or/the combination of tile but didn’t know what it was?
Pink BeigeWhat you were seeing were the undertones of colour especially the complex neutrals, beige and gray and taupe (combination of both).
Green Beige
Why are complex colours so complicated? Because a colour that falls into the category of a ‘muted, designer colour’ changes when you compare it to another one. For example, a beige that might appear yellow by itself will look pink when compared to another colour.
A Certified True Colour Expert can walk into any room, and distinguish what works and what doesn’t about the undertone of the colours in the space.
Learn to see colour like a professional. How to choose colour expertly and with confidence as well as create colour palettes that flow from one room to another.
Credit1.) You are an interior designer or decorator looking to increase your colour knowledge [beyond colour theory] and add Colour Consulting to your list of services.
2.) You are interested in launching your colour consulting career with confidence!
3.) You are a homeowner with a flair for colour and interested in the ability to choose colours for yourself with confidence!
Day 1, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Introduction to Colour Consulting
Assembling of 4 undertones of Beige; Pink, Green, Yellow, Orange
Assembling of Taupe and Gray; green, blue, purple
Paint mixing using primary and secondary colours. The first step in understanding undertones is learning how colours are mixed.
In class case-studies brought by students
Homework assignment to assemble a colour chart
Day 2, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
How to Conduct an interior colour consultation. How to conduct an exterior colour consultation
Everything you need to know about choosing colour for every surface of an interior and exterior.
In-class excersise- distinguishing clean and dirty colours using colour chips
Homework assignment, creating a colour chart that flows
Day 3, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Presentation and discussion of interiors, what works and what doesn't work, how to enhance them using colour.
Colour creates a feeling, students will create colour schemes in a variety of interior design styles using 4 colours only. For example, a typical ‘modern’ palette consists of red, gray, white and black or a ‘Cottage Country’ palette is yellow, fresh green, periwinkle blue and pink. Understanding a variety of palettes inside the typical, ‘contemporary, country, modern, traditional’ will help you when creating a colour scheme from nothing!
Understanding undertones for exterior and interior is a requirement for any interior designer. Colour mistakes are expensive because colour choices and undertones are in every surface not just paint colour and those mistakes surround us every day, every where we go.
This is a how-to course on conducting interior and exterior consultations including creating colour schemes from scratch.
In addition to colour mixing we will be discussing:
1. Colour flow and how to create it
2. How to set up finishes (tile, flooring, cabinetry) or work with existing elements so that the client and the designer can 'see' it accurately.
2. How to work with existing and dated elements in a space (if possible) or
3. How to effectively communicate to a client how their choices moving forward are going to impact the current decor based on fixed elements staying in the space that do not work.
4. Remember my post 80% of the time you use 20% of the colours, you will receive a list of the colours I use 20% of the time to start your collection of big samples which are mandatory for accurate colour selection.
There are 4 undertones of beige, pink, yellow, green and orange, Gray has 3 undertones, green, blue and purple.
Colour is described in 3 ways, it's always either:
Clean or dirty, light or dark, warm or cool
The biggest mistake designers make when choosing colour is the clean/dirty shift in colour, we will be working with colour chips to train your eye in selecting the right colours the first time. We will also be talking about how to test colour accurately and how this step cannot be skipped for accurate colour specifying.
At the same time that I say this, having the confidence to select colour comes with seeing a lot of colour, AND this is a much faster way of becoming confident with colour choices because you will have learned the process and begun to trust your eye when you are seeing undertones that are not right and what to do to fix it. Very important.
"I came home and picked out my house colors in about 1/2 hour. What I learned and the references we put together in your class made the choices almost obvious!" Hannah Dee, Designer and Participant
"I just wanted to say thank you for giving me the confidence to do and complete my very first exterior color consult. My client was thrilled, the colors look great and she said she is going to refer me to everyone she knows. I never would have had the self confidence to do it if it I had not taken your class. I just thought I would share this with you and once again say thanks for sharing your passion with everyone." Linda Holt, Designer, photographer and Participant
Click here for more on what participants said about the first course in May.
Bonus: All graduates of True Colour Expert Training are eligible to join a private 'True Colour Experts' facebook page where we can continue the conversation and mentor each other.
Also receive a 'Certified True Colour Expert' button to place on your website:
Email me at info@mariakillam.com if you have any questions, for details on what you’ll need to bring, location, etc. and a paypal invoice to save your spot in the workshop!
Related posts:
How I became a True Expert
[Colour Theory] Rules are for Breaking
What’s an Undertone?
What Everyone should know about Gray
What Everyone should know about Beige
Related posts:
How I became a True Expert
[Colour Theory] Rules are for Breaking
What’s an Undertone?
What Everyone should know about Gray
What Everyone should know about Beige
