Certified Architectural Color Designer
The art and skill of true color design is often lost in programs that teach color, yet it's the most important skill you need to be a highly respected color designer
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What is the difference between Color Specification and Color Design?
Color Specification is, the art of selecting colors and coordinating materials such as tile, textiles, and flooring for a cohesive and harmonious palette.
Color Design is, color specification plus the integration of color in the entire design of any space, in a thoughtful, purposeful, and creative way!
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CACD is a comprehensive, advanced certification course in Architectural Color Design that will take your design skills and build on them to elevate your business to an exciting, new level!. Explore color through design projects, collaboration, lecture and more. Learn how color behaves in the human environment and then apply it to a comprehensive design scheme.
You will learn how to use and incorporate the Color Context Modeltm in your design as well as busting the many myths of architectural color.
The Certified Architectural Color Design Course will benefit Architectural Color Consultants, Interior Designers, Interior Decorators, Home Stagers, Architects, and Advanced Architectural Color Students. If you are proficient at selecting color, determining undertones, and placing colors in a pleasing color scheme, than this course is for you.
The "live" class consists of 3 full days with 3 distinct modules; Color Science, Advanced Color, and Commercial Color.
The full rate for 3 days, including all materials, pro tools, and catered lunch each day is $1375. A payment Plan is available, just click to register to access link to pay via a payment plan
The Creative Spark
Find your Creative Voice
Breaking Color Rules
Color Classification
Color Perception
Creating Custom Color
Color & Light
Static vs. Dynamic Design
Seven Principles of Design
Breakthrough Principles of Composition
Principles of Color Design
Advanced Color Placement
Advanced Palette Development
Specifying Product
Why Pigments Matter
The Myths of Undertones & Neutrals
Advanced Color Composition
Residential Color Solutions
Incorporating Color into Design
Group Projects in Practice
Color in Retail, Healthcare and Commercial
Color Plans for Public Spaces
Color in Healthcare and Schools
Palette Developmemt for Retail, Commercial
Working with HOA's And Design Committees
Colors for Health & Aging
Contracts & Workflow
Setting Your Fees for Maximum Profit
What Will I Get
Workbook, Forms, Worksheets and Projects
Benjamin Moore Architectural Set
Proprietary Color Tools
CACD Appellation and Logo
Press Release
Swag Bag Tool Kit
Personal Mentoring with Teresa Tullio After Class Completion
Catered Lunch each day
Earn 2 CEU credits (AIA, IDCEC)
About the ColorIQ Instructors
Teresa Tullio
Teresa Tullio's 20+ years of experience includes working with numerous high-profile clients and completing over 5000 successful projects from urban townscapes, restaurants, residential homes, commercial businesses to healthcare institutions.
As a graduate of IACC-NA (International Association of Color Consultants), Teresa studied under the direction of the highly respected, Professor Frank Mahnke.
Teresa was also the creator/owner of Pure Home Color Bar in Kirkland, Washington where her full-spectrum paint line and custom colors became the popular choice for thousands of home and business owners.
Gloria Robertson
Gloria Robertson has over 20 years of experience as a Certified Architectural Color Consultant, Designer, and Educator. Gloria holds professional certifications from the International Association of Color Consultants (IACC-NA), the Eiseman Institute for Color Information and Training, and the Business of Color ColorIQ program (CACC level 3).
In addition to founding Colors for Health and her Architectural Color Consulting practice, Gloria Robertson has taught at the Boston Architectural College in Boston, Massachusetts and the ColorIQ Program in San Diego, California.
