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Color Consultant / Colorist
Advises on color choices for brands, products, interiors, and film — understands the psychology of color.
Did you know?
Pantone employs color experts who choose a "Color of the Year" that influences global design trends
How subjects help
- Art & Design: Build colour palettes that make a brand, a room or a film scene feel just right.
- Psychology: Explain how colours like blue or red can make people feel calmer or more excited.
- Physics: Understand how light mixes and why a colour looks different in sunlight and lamplight.
- Chemistry: Know how dyes and pigments work so a paint or fabric keeps its colour and doesn't fade.
A famous name
Leatrice Eiseman: Colour specialist who leads the Pantone Color Institute and advises companies on colour choices.
Try it yourself: Choose colours for a feeling
- Draw three small squares. Fill one with colours that feel calm, one that feel exciting, one that feel cosy.
- Show them to someone without telling them which is which. Can they guess?
- Now plan colours for a room where people should feel calm, like a waiting room. Draw it.
- Why do you think people feel differently about the same colour?
Painters, colour consultants and art therapists all use colour on purpose: to change how a space feels, or to help people show feelings that are hard to say.
Also try: Design a logo for a pretend café.
Known for it in
USA, Italy, UK, Japan, France