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Elements and Performance Criteria

Examine information on colour theory and design processes.
- Identify and access relevant sources of information on colour theory and design processes.
- Examine information with consideration of how colour and design issues may be integrated in the design process.
Apply and combine colour theory and design processes to produce samples.

Required Skills

Required skills

literacy skills sufficient to interpret a brief

numeracy skills sufficient to calculate quantities and determine layout and construction issues

Required knowledge

general knowledge of the role and nature of a brief within the design process including different types of brief and how designers use them

awareness of the notion of individual interpretation and choice within the design process and the potential limitations of theory

ways in which colour theory and design processes can be explored and combined to meet the needs of a brief

knowledge about the materials tools and equipment required for the production of samples which integrate colour theory and design processes

knowledge about how other artists and designers have applied colour theory and design processes

work space organisation and maintenance including environmental and safety issues

copyright moral rights and intellectual property issues and legislation and their impact on aspects of design

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit in this unit

The following evidence is critical to the judgement of competence in this unit

production of samples which integrate colour theory and design processes in accordance with the requirements of the brief

fundamental understanding of the ways in which colour theory and design processes may be combined in the production of design or art work

Context of and specific resources for assessment

The assessment context must provide for

project or work activities that allow the candidate to access and apply colour theory and design processes to a specific context

Method of assessment

Assessment may incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of essential underpinning knowledge and might include

direct observation of the production of samples

questioning and discussion

review of portfolios of evidence

third party workplace reports of performance by the candidate

Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands eg literacy and the needs of particular groups eg people with disabilities and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties such as speakers of languages other than English remote communities and those with interrupted schooling

Assessment of this unit requires access to the materials resources and equipment needed to produce samples using integrated colour theory and design processes in two andor D space

Range Statement


The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Sources of information on colour theory and design processes may include:	art and design work books and magazines manufactured structures natural and architectural forms optics personal observation
	scientific texts software programs.

Materials may include:	a range of drawing media and implements a range of papers and cardboard clays and plaster fibre, tape, string glues light nails, screws, wire paints and inks paper pulp wood, metal fabric, plastic.

Tools and equipment may include:	air guns and brushes brushes clamps computer, scanner, relevant software programs cutting blades hammer, saw, pliers light sources pens and nibs receptacles rulers scissors spatulas sponges.

Samples may be exercises in response to a brief and may involve consideration of:	balance contrast direction emotional and cultural aspects of colour and design harmonies and discords illusion mass natural and artificial light negative and positive form and space proportion relationships of form to form and form to space rhythm
	size texture tone.

Samples may involve:	binding, twisting, bending cutting, folding mark making modelling painting pasting, taping the application of light.

Producing samples may also involve:	the application of integrated colour theories and design processes to a work in progress.

The brief:	describes and specifies the work to be completed is usually prepared by a commissioning body or organisation, e.g. supervisor, client, community organisation may be written, diagrammatic, visual, verbal.