Week 5 - Colour Study

This week, we explored three colour palettes for each element. For the driver, we tested blue-gold contrasts, light blues with earthy browns, and a warmer mix of beige, burgundy, and grey. The warmer palette read best, balancing hippie tones with a bounty hunter edge. For the racer, we leaned on olive greens and gunmetal greys inspired by Vietnam fighters, contrasted by bright hippie spray-paints.

Reflection: Colour completely shifted how the designs were perceived. A softer palette weakened the hunter theme, while darker and grungier tones reinforced grit and irony. For the racer, adding tacky purple interiors and golden trims reinforced the rodent-like personality of the driver. I learned that colour is storytelling: it can connect a vehicle and its driver by theme, even when their forms are very different.


Feedback received:

  • First driver palette (blue + gold) felt too soft and didn’t read as “bounty hunter.”

  • Vehicle’s hippie colour overlays looked too bright in one variation, clashing with the character.

How I addressed it:
For the driver, I shifted toward warmer earth tones with burgundy and greys, which balanced grit with hippie accents. For the racer, I stuck to olive/forest greens inspired by Vietnam-era fighters, then layered hippie decals more selectively, so the palette didn’t overwhelm.


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