Chapter 19-2
Clothing Design Basics
Elements of Design - Color, Texture, Line & Form
Factors that affect the appearance of a garment and the
way you look in your clothes.
reflects and affects moods and feelings
Three characteristics of color
Hue – the name given to a color on the color wheel, distinguishes
one color from another
- hue does not change if the color is made lighter or darker
Value – the lightness or darkness of a color
- value is changed by adding black or white to a color
- shade – black is added to a color
- tint – white is added to a color
Intensity – the brightness or dullness of a color
Red has a high intensity
Pale pink is less intense
Color Wheel - A tool that shows how colors are related to each other
Primary Colors - Can not be made from other colors
- equally spaced on the color wheel
- Red, Yellow, Blue
Secondary Colors
- Made by mixing equal amounts of two primary colors
- Green (yellow + blue), Violet (blue + red), Orange (red + yellow)
- Each secondary color is centered
between the two primary colors
used to make it
Intermediate (Tertiary) Colors
- Made by mixing equal amounts of
one primary color and one
neighboring secondary color
- Intermediate colors are placed on
the color wheel between the two
colors used to make them
- The primary color is always named first
- Red-Orange Blue-Green
Red-violet
Blue-Violet
Yellow-Green Yellow-Orange
Use the color wheel when selecting clothing to create a color scheme.
• Monochromatic Color Scheme
– Uses different values of the same hue.
– Pink blouse with a maroon skirt.
• Analogous Color Scheme
– Using adjacent colors on the color wheel. (next
to each other)
– Related by a common hue
– Blue, blue-green, green
• Complementary Color Scheme
– Using 2 colors directly opposite of each other on
the color wheel.
– They make each other look more intense
– Orange T-shirt with blue jeans.
Warm Colors
Red, Orange, Yellow
• Brilliant & suggest activity
• Advancing colors – seem closer - make the body appear
larger
Cool Colors
Blue, Violet, Green
• Restful, calm & relaxing
• Receding colors- seem to move farther away – make the body
appear smaller
Neutrals – not true colors - Not on the color wheel
White, Black
• White is the absence of all color – all light is reflected
• Black is the presence of all color – all light is absorbed
• Wear alone or with other colors
• Varying amount of white and black will create grays (neutrals)