The document discusses color and its impact on clothing design. It defines key color terms like hue, value, intensity, and describes the color wheel. The color wheel shows primary colors red, yellow, blue and secondary/tertiary colors created by combining them. The document also discusses how color can impact mood, movement, and be used symbolically. Different color schemes like monochromatic, analogous and complementary are explained. Factors like skin tone, body shape and height are discussed for selecting flattering colors.

1. Understanding Color
Unit 3
Chapter 9

2. Learning Objective
and FCS Standards
 Learning Objective: Students will
identify how color impacts the design
of clothing, define various terms used
in the language of color, analyze and
recreate the color wheel, and contrast
various color schemes used in design.
 FCS Standards:9.B

3. Color and Clothing
 The human eye sees as many as six to
seven million colors!!
 Color used in clothing can draw your
attention away from or to certain areas
of the body.
 It can emphasize a feature-like your
eyes.
 It can create illusions in height and size.

4. The Impact of Color
 As a Symbol
 Traffic lights, holiday colors, a bride wearing
white, Bearcat Red, White, and Black, the U.S.
flag.
 Temperature
 Associated with Nature
• Warm Colors (red, orange, yellow) can actually
make us feel warmer.
• Cool Colors (blue, green violet) can make us feel
cooler
• White-reflects light
• Black-absorbs light

5. The Impact of Color
 Movement
 Warm colors tend to stand out more, while cool
colors recede or move away.
• Traffic signs are a noticeable yellow, red, or orange.
 Mood
 Warm colors express excitement and action.
 Cool colors give a sense of calm and relaxation.
 Grey and Black imply level-headedness and
solidity.
 This concept impacts what we wear and how we
decorate our houses.

6. The Language of Color
 Hue: the specific name of a color.
 Without light, there would be no color.
 Pigments: substances that absorb some
light rays and reflect others.
 When light strikes an object, you see only the
colors that reflect or bounce back to your eyes.
 If you are wearing a blue shirt, the blue rays are
being reflected back, all other colors are
absorbed.

7.  A ray of light is the source of all color
 Without light, color does not exist
 The longest wavelength is perceived as red and
the shortest as violet
 Pigments are substances that can be ground into
fine power and used for adding color to dyes and
paints
 Color can alter the appearance of form and
space, affect our performance abilities, and
change our moods
Basics about
Color

8. Hue
 Another name for color

9. Value
 Lightness or darkness of a color

10. Intensity
 Brightness or dullness of a color

11. Tint
 Color with white added to it

12. Shade
 Color with black added to it

13. The Color Wheel
 A system that places colors around a circle and shows how
the colors relate to each other.
 Primary Colors: Red, Yellow, and Blue
 The basic colors from which all other colors are made.
 Secondary Colors: Achieved by combining equal amounts of
two primary colors.
 Intermediate or Tertiary: Achieved by combining a primary
with a neighboring secondary color.
 Complementary Colors: Colors that are directly opposite
each other on the color wheel.

14. Primary: Red, Yellow & Blue

15. Secondary: Green, Violet, &
Orange (made by combining primary colors)

16. Tertiary: yellow-green, blue-green, red-
violet, red-orange, and yellow-orange (made
by combing secondary colors)

17. TERTIARY COLORS
When you mix primary colors with
secondary colors, you get tertiary
colors.
http://grace.studio-zoe.com/tuttheory.html

19. Neutral Colors
 Black, White, and Gray are technically not
true colors because they don’t have color
pigment.
 Black absorbs all light rays.
 White reflects all light rays.
 Sometimes tints and shades of beige are
considered neutrals, but they aren’t true
neutrals because they have a yellow or
green base.

20. Color Schemes
 Color Scheme: a plan for using a color or a combination of colors.
1. Monochromatic: uses the values and intensities of just one color.
2. Analogous: uses two or more colors that are next to each other on the color
wheel.
3. Complementary: combines direct opposites on the color wheel.
4. Split-Complementary: one color used with the two colors on each side of its
direct complement.
5. Triadic: three colors that are equally distant from each other on the color wheel.
6. Accented Neural: matching white, black, or gray with a smaller amount of a
color.

21. Selecting Colors For You
 It is best to evaluate color in natural light
 Personal coloring consists of the color of your skin,
hair, and eyes.
 Skin Tone-can have a warm or cool undertone. Skin with a
more yellow, gold, or peach cast has warm undertones. A
blue or pink trace indicates cool undertones.
 Hold colors underneath your chin and evaluate the
changes. A good color accents your eyes or your hair and
your complexion looks healthy and glowing.
 Look on pg. 167 for more ideas.

22. More Ideas for Selecting
Colors for You
 Body Shape
 Warm colors seem to advance.
 Bright colors draw attention.
 Light colors add size.
 To minimize an area, you need the opposite effect.
 Height
 An unbroken block of color gives the illusion of height.
 Broken blocks of color detract from height.
 Emphasis
 Color can be used to emphasize certain areas and diminish
others.
 Generally your “favorite” colors tend to look good. You can
still wear other colors-they just have to be the “right” colors.

23. Pantone Fashion
Color Report
Fall 2013