Maharashtra HSC Design & Colour case studies
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Design & Colour is a Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) subject offered under the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, usually taken by Class XII students in the Arts stream who intend to continue into fine art, applied art, design, textile or craft education. It suits candidates who can draw regularly and think visually, not only those who can memorise definitions. The Maharashtra HSC Design & Colour case studies are 5 cases and about 3,410 words.
1Display Board Balance
A student is laying out a 90 cm × 120 cm vertical display board for the school's design exhibition. The board's bottom edge will sit 90 cm above the floor, so the centre of the board is near average eye level.
778 words, about 4 min2Signboard Legibility
A shopkeeper commissions a 2.0 m × 0.6 m exterior signboard for a juice counter, mounted so its centre is 2.2 m above the pavement. The background is ultramarine blue (approximately Munsell 7.5PB 3/10) and the main lettering is cadmium orange (approximately 5YR 6/12); small leaf motifs are in a mid-green (approx.
643 words, about 3 min3Terracotta Batch Matching
A student is mixing acrylic paint for a triptych of three 60 cm × 90 cm panels. The target is a muted terracotta that will sit next to unglazed red clay tiles.
615 words, about 3 min4Corridor Perspective
A first-year student is drawing a school corridor in one-point perspective on an A3 sheet (420 × 297 mm). The corridor is 3.0 m wide and 12 m long, with doorways 2.1 m high at 2 m intervals along both walls.
700 words, about 4 min5Repeat and Seam
A student is designing a repeating furnishing fabric for a 90 cm wide loom. The motif is built inside a 12 cm × 12 cm square.
674 words, about 3 min