EMS Creative iMedia Cambridge Technicals

1. Planning – Colour Scheme
Lesson 13

2. Lesson Goals
 Know how to select web safe fonts
 Understand the impact colour scheme has on design
 Be able to make choices on colour scheme and font styles
#font #style
#colour

3. Assessment Criteria
 The assessment criteria for this part of the unit is as follows:
Detailed planning for the design
and function of the website
considering how information flows
and pages link. Justify choices in
relation to target audience appeal
and usability. Relevant legal and
ethical issues considered.
D1
P2
Plan the development of a multi-page website:
• Purpose
• Target Audience
• Content
• Production Plan
M1
LO2 – Plan the development of a multipage website
Consider visitor needs and how
they will navigate the website. The
info provided on a budget, launch
date and timescale is realistic. Some
consideration to relevant revenue
potential.

4. Colour Schemes
How does this impact on the impression someone has of your site?

5. Colour Schemes
Understand colour schemes
Know web safe fonts
 What does this colour scheme make you think about?
Summer evenings
Night to day
Rocket lollies
Holidays
Warmth
#font #style
#colour

6. Colour Schemes
Understand colour schemes
Know web safe fonts
 What does this colour scheme make you think about?
Colder Days
Pastel
Autumn
New born babies
Summer festival
Pale
#font #style
#colour

7. Colour Schemes
Understand colour schemes
Know web safe fonts
 What does this colour scheme make you think about?
Primary school
Kaleidoscope
Transition
Beach Huts
Summer
Brighter days
Block colours
#font #style
#colour

8. What fonts can we use?
Think about the fonts used on a typical website…

9. Fonts Styles
Understand colour schemes
Know web safe fonts
 Choosing an appropriate font for a
website is very important for the final
user of your site.
 You need to make choices on the type
of font you will use for:
 Headings
 Body Text
 The fonts can be classified in three
different styles:
Serif
Sans-Serif
#font #style
#colour

10. Understand colour schemes
Know web safe fonts
Fonts Styles
 There are 13 different web safe fonts that can be used for the titles or
main body text on your website. They are categorised like this:
Serif
Sans-Serif
Arial
Arial Black
Georgia
Comic Sans
Book Antiqua Lucida Impact
Tahoma
Times
Trebuchet
Verdana
Monospace
Courier
New
Lucida
Console

11. Your Task
Be able to complete page plans
Plan for rich media content
 Create some suitable colour schemes for your website describing
why you would choose one set of colours over another.
 Select the font style that you would
like to use for your website:
 Headings
 Body Text
 Explain your font choice describing
why you think your selection is the
most appropriate for the website.
#rich #media
#colour