My Personal Resources....All about Colors

These resources I have found are all about colors. When designing clothing I would need to know everything about colors. Everything from what primary and complimentary colors are to what colors are predicted to be popular for the season I would be designing for.

http://www.writedesignonline.com/resources/design/rules/color.html

This website is extremely helpful. Being a fashion designer, I need to know information like the difference between a hue and a shade; this website provides this information. Information is provided about all of the characteristics of colors. It also provides information on what different colors mean. This information would be helpful because clothing should make you feel a certain way when wearing it. If a jacket is supposed to make you feel powerful I would want to make that jacket in a powerful color like black, which represents authority.

http://www.colormatters.com/r_barclay.html

This article will help me when designing clothing that would be displayed in a retail environment. I would need to know how the fabric colors will look under different kinds of lights. Fluorescent and natural light makes colors look slightly different. This article provides information on how fabrics react with different lighting. The article also provides information on what to do to achieve the look that would be most appealing to customers buying clothing in a retail store.

http://www.fashiontrendsetter.com/content/color_trends.html

This website provides information on color trends according to season and year. When designing clothing, it is necessary to know what colors are predicted to be fashionable and popular. I could use the predicted colors for the season and make clothing in hip colors that people would want to buy--instead of making a product that is an unfashionable color. The forecast for color is already provided for the year 2008. This site continually updates color trends years in advance. I can design clothing or get ideas for garments ahead of time.

Doug and Melissa. “Color and Design Rules”. Homepage. 26 Nov 2006. http://www.writedesignonline.com/resources/design/rules/color.html

Ian Barclay. “Color Matching in a Retial Envornment”. Color Matters article page Color Matching in a Retail Enviornment. 2001. 26 Nov 2006. http://www.colormatters.com/r_barclay.htm.

Fashion Trendsetter. “Fashion Trendsetter The Online Fashion Forecasting, Trend Reporting and News E-Zine”. Color Trends page. 2004-2006. 26 Nov 2006. http://www.writedesignonline.com/resources/design/rules/color.html