Unlocking the Power of Color and Light in Design

This course combines color and lighting instruction in one residential-design program. Color concepts and schemes lead into lighting principles, types and distribution. The two subjects are considered together so learners can examine why a palette looks different under another light rather than choosing finishes entirely from an isolated digital sample.

What you will learn

• Develop introductory residential color schemes
• Compare lighting types and distribution
• Connect light with the appearance of materials

Who this suits

A fit for a beginner interested specifically in color and light, or someone who already has a room layout and wants to develop its visual character more deliberately.

Before you enroll

No prerequisites are required. About two hours and 34 minutes of video are listed, updated January 2025. This is the combined course; separately packaged components are not counted again here. Color and lighting study does not qualify a learner to design electrical installations or establish compliance for a real building.

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Put it into practice

Create a small palette for a fictional room and describe its intended lighting conditions. Compare physical samples where available, recording which assumptions remain uncertain when viewing only a screen image.

Source and review

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