Best Practices for Graphic Designers, Color Works

With a ferocious use of black

abstracted forms, karlssonwilker’s

poster for a design talk in Aarhus,

Denmark, is evoked by the use of light

gray and yellow dimensional forms in

the foreground. The Karlsson version

of the posters uses the fluorescent

yellow as an accent to balance the

use of the color in both posters.

Generated as a gateway into

the “MTV Universe,” the black-gray

Orb is constructed from several

spherical scales and forms. Because

of its animated form, the Orb’s dark

coloration shifts slightly due to its

3D composition and the effects on

dimension caused by the change

in lighting.

Black and

White

H j alti Karlsson & Jan Wilker

When we first started working, we tended to try

out many different colors but always ended up using

black and white. Then we started using yellow as our

default color, along with black and white, making it

a three-color process. Yellow has a distinct highlight-

ing quality. But we didn’t use just any yellow color—

we picked a yellow that exhibits more fluorescent,

neon attributes.

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