Color Scheme

Colorism is one of today’s worldwide social issues that many experience every day. Although, there are still a number of people who aren’t aware of this social issue and its underlying significance in everyday life. For example, the beauty industry tends to have a huge lack of representation for POC. In the work that I have curated, I highlight the parts of the beauty industry that partake in this and the parts that don’t in order to compare the significance of both sides. With previous research infiltrated with the softwares of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, I have created a body of work to inform the world of the problems that colorism has created today in addition to the problem of colorism in the beauty industry. Within this work, the experiences of POC who have had to face colorism first hand are also included to show the problem in its present effect. Each curated work reveals the significance of these issues in its own way to reveal a new knowledge of how the world and especially POC, are affected by this. Each work is created to bring great awareness to those unaware of this social issue and for the audience to feel the frustration that is felt by those who have to deal with this feeling every day. Overall, the pieces made are meant to work together to find solutions that one can use in order to help those who experience colorism to become and feel equal.