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1.02 Apparel Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Analogous color scheme | Colors side by side on the color wheel |
Asymmetrical Balance | When a garment is divided into unequal parts |
Bell shape | Both diagonal and horizontal lines combine in the silhouette. Cut height and add contour to a figure |
Complementary color scheme | Colors directly opposite of each other on a color wheel |
Computer aided design | Software used to combine and visualize design ideas and to make patterns and prepare them for cutting |
Cool colors | Blue, green and violet, colors of water |
Croquis | First rough sketch of a garment design |
Curved line | Bending line without angles – feminine |
Diagonal line | Slanted lines that add movement and excitement to clothing |
Emphasis | Focal point- drawing attention to area |
Full shape | More horizontal and curved lines, make the body look larger |
Graduation | A pattern changes gradually, size or color – small to large |
Harmony | Way of combining similar elements to accent similarities |
Horizontal line | Eye moves side to side, makes you appear shorter and wider |
Intermediate/Tertiary Colors | Combining a primary color with a neighboring secondary color |
Monochromatic color scheme | Uses values and intensities of just one color |
Natural shape | Follows your body’s outline, most classic and is worn most easily on average body sizes |
Neutral colors | Non-pigmented colors – used to change value and intensity of other colors |
Primary colors | Red, yellow and blue - basic colors from which all colors are made |
Proportion | How separate parts of a garment relate to each other and to the whole in size |
Radiation | Lines and patterns flow from a central location |
Repetition | A pattern repeats, as with rows of stripes |
Rhythm | Created when one or more elements are used repeatedly to create a feeling or organized movement |
Secondary colors | Combining equal amounts of 2 primary colors |
Shade | A color plus black |
Shape | Outline, or silhouette, of garment |
Silhouette | The shape of a persons body created by wearing clothing of a particular style or period |
Shape | Area within the shape |
Split commentary | One color used with two colors on each side of its direct complement |
Symmetrical balance | Everything is balanced- divided into equal parts |
Texture | Look and feel |
Tint | Color plus white |
Triadic color scheme | Three colors equally distant from each other on the color wheel |
Tubular shape | Rectangular with vertical emphasis, add height and thinness to the body |
Value | Lightness or darkness of a color |
Vertical Line | Make someone appear tall and skinny- up and down |
Warm Colors | Red, orange, yellow, colors of fire |