The end of this subject,
that means the summary of this subject......

First of all, before I study this subject, colors didn't affect me a lot. Because of I always don't know how to use and balance the proportion of colors. It always make my collection become vulgar and low graded.But I know color is very important for design development. So I avoided using sharp colors and continuous using black, white and grey for all of my collections.

After studied this subject, I learnt the definition between colors. Different color was made by different hue with different tint, tone and shades. Besides that, I learnt the theories of colors in order to develop a better color palette harmonic to each other.

Also, in the color collection exercise, I learnt the most important thing at that part. Because I am a weaker in color matching and balancing. This exercise helps me to indicate which color can be the main, which color just can be the accent and which color is indispensably needed in order to give life to the whole collection.

At the end, our group chose MARNI as the reference brand. I've tried to add a theme into the color palette. I hope every single color in the palette can be meaningful. Also, it test the taste of my own in color. Although I chose three violet as the main color, but I also hope the three main violet can give different feeling and outlook to my collection. So, at the end of this project, I hope I have chosen the right color for Marni. Also, I hope you enjoy my weblog.

All the best wishes to u in the future~~~~~

Indian Culture

Indian have a dark skin. In order to enchance the clothes from the dark skin, they always wear clothes with vivid color, such as red, sky blue, magenta, violet, orange and green. Indian like accessorized clothes, so they will always put on embroideries and trimings on the clothes. Also, gold color represent power and wealth. So most of their accessories are in gold color although it is not real gold.

Chinese culture

In china, red color represent joyous. All chinese believe that red color can give luck. So some of the chinese in ancient period will color the wall, door and pillars in red to pray for good luck and expel evil spirits.

Chinese will color all the things related to joy, such as marrige and Chinese new year festival.

Chinese will dress up in red in order to express the joyful of a ceremonious time.
The above is a picture taken at the Beijing Olympic.

The follwing picture show the joyful of the ladies in the Chinese New Year Festival.

Some of the star, in order to capture a Chinese feeling photo, they will put on a light make up but wear in a red clothes.

Burberry

Here is burberry's basic pattern, apricot as the basic main color and then add deep red and achromatic color - white, black and grey. Apricot and deep red are develop from orange and red.

By Club Monaco
I do love this two colors.
Orange and Magenta, two of them are high vivid.
Also next to each other in the color wheel.
Giving an energetic feeling.

Archomatic with vivid green bag
sooooooooooooooo Cool

I saw this girl on the train.

The coming color trend forecast of Marni


Dark, Chicago and Antique White 4 would the basic colours of the achromatic colours which Marni always uses in Fall collection to create one side of the contrast.The hit pink is the light pastel colour which can be used to go with the achromatic colours. All shades of pink get sophisticatd when combined with black or gray or medium of darker shades of blue.Gossamer and hot curry help giving some unnature colours, whileas the fresh orange red and cardinal add the drops of light and glamour to the whole collection.

The above is my group's color forecast, after analyzing the forecast I change a little to fit my own theme.

My theme is "Cassis"

Cassis is a kind of wine normally use to mix with other wine for cocktail. Some people will say that cassis is a kind of wine made of blackberry or blueberry. But acually cassis this name already represent a fruit and a French wine. Cassis is voilet in color with a very sweet taste.

Here is some photo research of blackberry, blueberry and cassis. In this photos, it inspire me the super sweet feelings from fruits and cassis. The color of the following photos are very sweet and yummy. It really help me to further develop the sweet and elegant fashion image of Marni.

After further develop from my group's color forecast, I keep the achromatic color, the three different value of grey color but i change the lightest grey to more natural instead of a bit warm. And I change the pink, turquose, blown and yellowish orange more vivid to be the accent color in this color pallete. And further develop three monochromatic violet color in different chroma and hue to be the main in this theme and color palette.

Here is my color palette

pantone color chart from the web

http://www.kb3kai.com/pantone-colors.php

Here is my six design for Marni F/W 09-10

I designed six design for Marni F/W09-10, this all for young,sweet and elegant ladies. All of them are tight fit design in order to show the ladies' body figure. Gathers and pleats are added for details. This season, minis skirts and shorts are the main, ladies can mix and match with the hottest legging, silk socks, ankle boots and leather over knee long boots. Each of the items in the collection can mix and match together too.

The following is my color development ( similar as the classwork )

Acually, this is page one, I try to color the collection just by my own feeling and my inspiration. I tried some patterns. I did try to use all kind of color in the color palette and I did try not using them all too. Then, I try to use black, brown to color the main part first and then color other panel as an accent.

As you can see, this is my page two. I change the main part by using of violet and not more than three colors in a design but not including achromatic colors - grey. Also, in this page, I find some better method to mix and match with the colors and different parts of the outfit, such as same color with the belt and boots will give a pleasing to the eye. So I extent this method to my page three.

Here is my final page, in this page, I saw back page 1 and 2 in order to mark some design in good color matching first, then use the same mix and match method but in other colors. At the end, I chose the best six that I like the most.

Here is my final collection

By the way, because of I color them all by hand and then scan in the computer. I found that, some of them are dissimilar to my sketch. Actually, I use the three different tones of violet and color the collection by two of each violet as main parts of the design. Then, by matching them with grey and brown in order to conform the cognition of Fall / Winter 's outfit.

At the end, try to add and match the best accent color from the color palette to the outfit. I think this is the most important part of the collection. Because of Marni, Marni always give accent colors to give birth to the whole boring collection. I think this is the most treasure point I need to learn by Marni. Complementry and split complementry colors really really can live common things. Also, different hue and value of color can make the whole boring collection become interesting.

In the future time, I think i can easily analyze the color matching from different brands and try to develop others' theories to become my own new coloring method.

Classwork of Color History

Classwork of color a collection

I chose a monochromatic color - blue as the main color in this exercise and try to develop the theme "MARINE".

All of you may know why blue can represent marine, but why yellow, grey and pink????????

Long time age, in my childhood, I always listen a song called yellow submarine by Beatles. Because of my parents are Beatles' fans. So firstly, I think of marine, I will straightly think of yellow in color, but i think the real submarines are in grey color as a protective coloration. And pink color I chose as an accent in this collection.

In page one, I color the collection jusy by feeling and my own dressing experience. At the end of page one, I tried to use grey to color the main, most of the space.

In page two, continuously by page one, but this time I tried to color the main and most of the space with others color in the color family.

In page three, I absorbed and analyzed the experience before, tried to color them with color matching that pleasing to eye.

In the final page, I tried to distribute the accent color in a better proportion.

At the end, I got this color combination.

I like the light blue to be the main color with matching of blue and dark blue. And yellow and pink can highlight the attach parts or patch pockets in this design. Grey also very important to this collection, because of grey color can balance the yellow and pink not too vivid in this case.

This exercise is really very useful, as you can see the final product compare from the starting page. I think page one's combination really awful right now. Unbalance color proportion with dismatch colors low graded all the whole collection.

Further Colour Trend of Marni Fall ’09-10

According to Marni’s style from the past collections and the current financial situation of the world, it is estimated that the colour trend of Marni Fall ’09-10 would be like this:

We can see that in the latest collection, Marni Spring ‘09, has been the most colourful one in these few years. Oblivious to the financial crumblings and rumblings of the world, designer Consuelo Castiglioni decided to use a cheerful mixed prints, colors and transparent layers in the collection.

She loves to use offbeat contrasting colours, putting the aggressive(warm) colour and receding(cool) colours together in one outfit, for examples, the pale pink with the sliver, or the Yves Klein Blue with the sandy blown. Yet she can be able to balance them and keep the harmony of colors. And her creative use of colours brings people a sense of optimism and continuity.

In the recent fall collection of Marni, usually Consuelo Castiglioni would use the contrast of pastel colours with achromatic colours. We predict that this trend would still continue but with more splarking colours with interesting patterns and prints to create a even clearer contrast and happier mood. Because even though the society is in a chaos, Marni would still show people that fashion is fun.

Dark, Chicago and Antique White 4 would the basic colours of the achromatic colours which Marni always uses in Fall collection to create one side of the contrast.The hit pink is the light pastel colour which can be used to go with the achromatic colours. All shades of pink get sophisticatd when combined with black or gray or medium of darker shades of blue.Gossamer and hot curry help giving some unnature colours, whileas the fresh orange red and cardinal add the drops of light and glamour to the whole collection.

Marni 's Background


Marni was founded in 1994 by the Castiglioni family, who wanted to carve a niche in the fashion universe not only as fur producers for the major designers, but with its own brand and label: Marni.

Consuelo Castiglioni began creating a women’s collection with precise attributes. Attributes that continue to be the hallmarks of the collection today: eclectic style, especially researched and refined materials, and a production quality that ensures garments maintain a tailored aspect. The whole infused with a creativity that makes Marni collections unique in the fashion landscape.

The eclectic style concepy is attested to by the fact that the earlier Hippy Chic collections can be mixed and matched with the latest collections in perfect harmony.