Colour Wheel Assignment

Name : Joey Wong  Li Wen
Principle of Design
Assignment: Colour Wheel


For this assignment, we were asked to choose a type of colour wheel, and create a 3D object that shows the colours. We were required to work in a group of 4. My group mates are Maariyah, Audrey Christopher, and Sangitha. Colour wheel of six colour was our decision.

In our first group discussion, our idea was to create a platform, with colour bulb installed on them. The picture below is a rough sketch of the idea stated.

However, we found that it was beyond our ability and budget limit to create a platform that is big enough to impress others.

So we had another discussion, and came to this idea.

This time we thought of creating a 10cm x 10cm x 10cm cube, with each colour of colour wheel on each side. However, again installing lights was a problem for us .

During the process, we discovered that instead of installing light bulbs, the reflection of colours on surfaces actually looked much better , so we decided to proceed with it.

Each of us group member got a few transparent sheets, divided the space into 2" x 2" square, and colour them with the chosen 6 colours. Then the squares were cut out and arranged onto a piece of styrofoam surface.

It may looked like a big mess, however, this is a organised chaos. Each and every line follows the colour orders of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet.

We were lucky that the sunlight was strong during presentation, as this colour piece will only look good under sunlight.

This assignment has certainly help me in learning to work in a group. As a group leader, I had to make decision very quickly after discovering problems that would halt our progress. There were certainly frustration among group members as one of the members had transportation problem, and was often late or absent during group meeting. I had to make sure that she did the same amount of works as the others did so that it would be fair to them. Fortunately, everything works out at the end.